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A list of ALL KWM Whisky Calendar Bottles & Posts - Part Two

Posted on July 23, 2025

by Evan

This is Part Two of my post on past KWM Whisky Calendars, and covers the 2019 KWM Whisky Calendar thru all the way back to its beginnings with the first one Kensington Wine Market produced itself, back in 2014. Read on below for the lineup and blog post for each calendar!

Click here for part 1, which lists KWM Whisky Calendars from 2020 to 2024

KWM 2019 Whisky Calendar

All posts for this whisky calendar written by Evan

Day 1 - Inchmurrin 18 Year
Day 2 - Glenfarclas 15 Year
Day 3 - Kilchoman 2011 KWM Cask 770
Day 4 - Buffalo Trace Bourbon
Day 5 - The Single Malts of Scotland Ben Nevis 1996 KWM Cask
Day 6 - The Epicurean Lowland Blended Malt
Day 7 - Inchmoan 12 Year
Day 8 - Robert Burns Single Malt
Day 9 - MacNair's Lum Reek 12 Year
Day 10 - Edradour 10 Year
Day 11 - Eau Claire Single Malt Whisky - Release 2
Day 12 - Compass Box Spice Tree
Day 13 - Armorik Double Maturation
Day 14 - Ardbeg An Oa
Day 15 - Loch Lomond 18 Year
Day 16 - Knob Creek Small Batch Bourbon
Day 17 - Shelter Point Smoke Point Single Malt Whisky
Day 18 - Millstone Peated PX Cask
Day 19 - Rock Island Blended Malt Scotch Whisky
Day 20 - Ballechin 10 year Old
Day 21 - Timorous Beastie Highland Blended Malt Scotch
Day 22 - Glen Scotia Victoriana
Day 23 - Glenfarclas 21 Year Old
Day 24 - Kilchoman Alberta Single Cask Madeira Finish
Day 25 - Scotch Malt Whisky Society 66.155 - BIG ON BACON

KWM 2018 Whisky Calendar

All posts in this whisky calendar written by Andrew or Evan - mostly Andrew

Day 1 - Super Nikka (written by Andrew)
Day 2 - Cadenhead Linkwood 2006 KWM Cask (written by Andrew)
Day 3 - Compass Box The Peat Monster (written by Andrew)
Day 4 - Old Malt Cask Mortlach 11 Year KWM Cask (written by Andrew)
Day 5 - Cadenhead Tomintoul-Glenlivet 12 Year (written by Andrew)
Day 6 - Shelter Point Single Malt KWM Cask (written by Andrew)
Day 7 - Arran 10 Year (written by Andrew)
Day 8 - Kilkerran Visitor Center Bottling (written by Andrew)
Day 9 - Cadenhead Glen Spey 2001 (written by Andrew)
Day 10 - Black Mountain Notes Fumees (A French whisky) (written by Evan)
Day 11 - Wolfburn Morven (written by Evan)
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A list of ALL KWM Whisky Calendar Bottles & Posts - Part One

Posted on December 29, 2025

by Evan

Continued in Part Two. Go to that post to see all bottles and posts from the 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, AND 2014 KWM Whisky Calendars!

Let's start with a bit of honesty: I made this list as much for me as I did for anybody else. I want it for future reference: it should allow me to easily find each blog post (strictly for research, not for copying. I swear!). It is also a guide showing which bottles we have featured in the past.

Plus, I wanted to geek out a bit! To that end, here are a few stats:

Total KWM Whisky Calendars made as of January 2025: 14
Total number of bottles featured in KWM Whisky Calendars from 2014 to 2025: 355*

Each KWM Whisky Advent Calendar has featured 25 bottles. Plus, we did an extra Whisky Calendar in 2023 AND 2025: The KWM Whisky Calendar UBER EDITION.

* Except for the first KWM Whisky Advent Calendar in 2014 had no 25th bottle. It was limited to 24 bottles.

* Each 2015 KWM Whisky Advent Calendar featured 1 of 6 different SMWS bottles.

Total number of KWM Casks featured: 36?
Total number of Kilchoman bottles featured: 10?
Total number of Scotch Malt Whisky Society bottlings featured: 16?
Total number of Gordon & MacPhail bottlings featured: 18?
Total number of Bourbon Whiskeys inflicted on Scotch Whisky enthusiasts: 9.5*

In 2025, we featured the Bridgeland Taber Corn Berbon KWM Cask, which was essentially a Bourbon made in Calgary, Alberta.

Total number of Rye Whisky bottles inflicted on Scotch Whisky enthusiasts: 2
Total number of blog posts which talked about the bottle and distillery: 305

Yeah, KWM missed writing about 25 bottles because no blog posts were made for the 2014 KWM Whisky Advent Calendar. The blog post tradition started with the 2015 KWM Whisky Advent Calendar.
Evan also did not manage (ie ran out of time or was lazy - your call) to create blog posts for the 2025 Still Not An Advent Calendar UBER Edition.

Andrew wrote each and every blog post up to the 2017 KWM Whisky Calendar, where Evan wrote a few to pitch in. Evan did a few more for the 2018 edition.
Evan zealously took over all blog posting duties with the 2019 KWM Whisky Advent Calendar, and has yet to relinquish this “honour” back to Andrew or anybody else.

This can mostly be blamed on Evan being full of himself and harbouring this absurd notion that people actually care about what he has to say.

Total number of Whisky Calendar blog posts Evan has written: 211 (feel free to count them and tell me if I am wrong!)
Total number of W...

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KWM's 2025 This Is Still Not An Advent Calendar

Posted on December 29, 2025

KWM 2025 Still Not An Advent Calendar

All posts for this whisky calendar written by Evan

The Blog Posts and YouTube Videos:

Day 1 - SMWS 1.300 – MISTLETOE AND WHISKY – 57.5%
Day 2 - GlenAllachie 15 Year Old – 46%
Day 3 - G&M Connoisseurs Choice Scapa 2000 Canada Cask – 59.9%
Day 4 - Canadian Club Chronicles 41 Year Old – 45%
Day 5 - Ardnahoe Infinite Loch – 50%
YouTube Recording of the tasting for Days 1 to 5
Day 6 - Whisky Trail Knights Strathclyde 35 Year Old – 46%
Day 7 - Berry's Teaninich 2010 KWM Cask – 54.1%
Day 8 - Millstone 2016 KWM Oloroso Cask – 52.3%
Day 9 - Old Malt Cask 25th Anniversary Speyburn 17 Year Old – 50%
Day 10 - Port Askaig 17 Year Old – 50.5%
YouTube Recording of the tasting for Days 6 to 10
Day 11 - Jura 18 Year Old – 44%
Day 12 - North Star The Empress 17 Year Blended Scotch Whisky – 43.5%
Day 13 - Walter's Choice 44 Year Old Blended Scotch for KWM – 47.8%
Day 14 - Moonbroch Secret Highland 20 Year Old – 46%
Day 15 - Lagg Kilmory Edition – 46%
YouTube Recording of the tasting for Days 11 to 15
Day 16 - Single Malts Of Scotland Linkwood 2010 KWM Cask 312688 – 56.8%
Day 17 - Daftmill 2011 Summer Batch Release - 46%
Day 18 - Dewar's Double Double 27 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky – 46%
Day 19 - Old Malt Cask 25th Anniversary Tomintoul 17 Year Old – 50%
Day 20 - Single Malts of Scotland Ardmore 25 Year Cask 750792 – 51.1%
YouTube Recording of the tasting for Days 16 to 20
Day 21 - Bridgeland Taber Corn Berbon KWM Cask - 62.5%
Day 22 - Glenturret 12 Year Old 2024 Release – 46.4%
Day 23 - Signatory 100 Proof Craigellachie 16 Year Old – 57.1%
Day 24 - Benromach 2005 KWM Cask 335 – 58.5%
Day 25 - G&M CC Caol Ila 2002 KWM Cask 8384 – 55.2%
YouTube Recording of the tasting for Days 21 to 25

MORE CALENDAR STUFF

A list of ALL KWM Whisky Calendar Bottles & Posts - Part One (KWM Calendar Tastings from 2024 back to 2020)

A list of ALL KWM Whisky Calendar Bottles & Posts - Part Two (KWM Calendars from 2019 back to 2014, when it all began)

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The State of Canada's Whisky

Posted on December 3, 2025

by Evan

A focus on Canadian Content seems like a good idea given the current political climate, doesn't it?

The current uncertainty we all live in sucks for a multitude of reasons. It is hard to focus just on whisky when talking about that - but hey - whisky is both my job and my passion, so here we go!

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There was a time when Canada was the focal point for much of what happened with Whisky anywhere in the world. Some of the biggest brands in whisky and spirits were owned by a Canadian Multinational Conglomerate. The big whisky companies of the world today - especially powerhouses Diageo and Pernod Ricard - would not be what they are without Seagram's. The company had a massive footprint both nationally and globally for a majority of the 20th Century.

Seagram's was the largest owner of booze brands in the world in the 1990s. Crown Royal? That was Seagram's. So was Martel Cognac, Absolut Vodka, Four Roses, Makers Mark, Fireball, Chivas Regal, The Glenlivet, Glen Grant, BenRiach (back then without the capital R), and many, many more. Seagram's was absolutely massive, also having minority control of companies outside of alcohol at its peak such as DuPont. In the mid-90s, the company's interests in DuPont were sold off and then MCA/Universal Pictures was acquired.

Seagram's went under in the year 2000 - now a quarter-century ago. Its companies and assets were mostly split between contemporary alcohol behemoths Diageo and Pernod Ricard.

There is a lot to be proud of with Canadian Whisky. Its history now goes back more than 225 years. The largest distillery in Canada is also the largest in all of North America: Hiram Walker Distillery in Windsor, Ontario. It was founded back in 1858 and currently pumps out around 55 million litres of alcohol annually. That means it produces as much spirit than Glenfiddich, Glenlivet, and Macallan every year.

Canadian Whisky as a category is still a big deal internationally. Crown Royal is one of the top 20 best-selling whiskies in the world.

Much of the lustre and appeal of Canadian Whisky has been diminished over the past 25 years. Much of this is thanks to a lot of global competition becoming more available on our shelves. The whisky boom we have been lucky enough to live in for a good deal of that period has created much more competition. Other whisky styles and categories such as Single Malt Scotch, Irish Whiskey, Bourbon and other American Whiskey, etc. have seen exponentially increasing sales and consumer attention over that time.

Long gone are the days when your average liquor store whisky shelf contained Crown Royal, R&R, Alberta Premium, and maybe four or five other whiskies such as Jack Daniel's, Jim Beam, Grants, J&B Rare. Possibly, there were bottles of Glenlivet or Glenfiddich 12 available if ...

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KWM's 2024 This Is Not An Advent Calendar - The Full Monty

Posted on December 19, 2025

by Evan

Thank you for purchasing KWM's 2024 This is NotAn Advent Calendar! Blow is a list of blog posts and information for the whisky behind each door:

KWM's 2024 This Is Not An Advent Calendar - The Full Monty

All posts for this whisky calendar written by Evan

Day 1 - Signatory Orkney (HP) 18 Year Old
Day 2 - Benromach 21 Year Old
Day 3 - That Boutique-y Whisky Co. Blended Grain 30 Year Old
Day 4 - Ardnahoe 5 Year Inaugural Release
Day 5 - Kilchoman 100% Islay 10 Year KWM Cask
YouTube Video — Not an Advent Calendar Five Day Recap Tasting set #1
Day 6 - That Boutique-y Whisky Co. Speyside #4 24-Year-Old KWM Cask
Day 7 - Lochlea Cask Strength Batch 2
Day 8 - Longrow Peated
Day 9 - Millstone 25 Year Oloroso Canada Cask
Day 10 - Caisteal Chamuis 12 Year Blended Malt
YouTube Video — Not an Advent Calendar Five Day Recap Tasting set #2
Day 11 - Bushmills 21 Year
Day 12 - Casks of Lindores II Bourbon Cask
Day 13 - Ardnamurchan AD/11:16 KWM Cask
Day 14 - Gordon & MacPhail Distillery Label Mortlach 25 Year
Day 15 - Rest & Be Thankful Port Charlotte 14 Year
YouTube Video — Not an Advent Calendar Five Day Recap Tasting set #3
Day 16 - That Boutique-y Whisky Co. 18 Year Highland Single Malt (Peated)
Day 17 - Scotch Malt Whisky Society 18.60 - SUPPING SHERRY FROM POLISHED WOODEN CUPS
Day 18 - Still Austin Cask Strength Bourbon
Day 19 - Gordon & MacPhail Glentauchers 2000 KWM Cask
Day 20 - Compass Box Flaming Heart 2022
YouTube Video — Not an Advent Calendar Five Day Recap Tasting set #4
Day 21 - Nikka From The Barrel
Day 22 - Single Malts of Scotland Reserve Casks - Ben Nevis 10 Year
Day 23 - Roseisle 12 Year 2023 Special Release
Day 24 - Berry's Blended Malt #1 1999
Day 25 - Gordon & MacPhail Ardmore 1997 KWM Cask
YouTube Video — Not an Advent Calendar Five Day Recap Tasting set #5

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