Tasting descriptions are attributed opinions. Trait tags are editorial indexing for discovery, not measurements or guarantees. Missing traits mean unknown; unpeated malt does not rule out every smoky note.
Chris Gormley describes chocolate malt, dried fig and espresso, followed by caramel, vanilla, fig pudding and dried apricot.
reviewer tasting · Chris Gormley, The Whisky Hunter; description reproduced by the producer · Checked 2026-09-11source ↗
Applies to: Lot 3. Solera 1927 identifies the sherry cask, not this whisky’s age. Producer page checked 2026-09-11. Edition-specific observations apply only to the described bottling.
Profile comparison evidence
Cask treatment: Charred oak maturation, Sherry casks / seasoningsource ↗ · Lot 3. Solera 1927 identifies the sherry cask, not this whisky’s age. Producer page checked 2026-09-11. Edition-specific observations apply only to the described bottling.
Bottling strength: 40% ABVsource ↗ · Lot 3. Solera 1927 identifies the sherry cask, not this whisky’s age. Producer page checked 2026-09-11. Edition-specific observations apply only to the described bottling.
Lot 3. Solera 1927 identifies the sherry cask, not this whisky’s age.source ↗
Applies to: Lot 3. Solera 1927 identifies the sherry cask, not this whisky’s age. Producer page checked 2026-09-11. Edition-specific observations apply only to the described bottling.
Applies to: Lot 3. Solera 1927 identifies the sherry cask, not this whisky’s age. Producer page checked 2026-09-11. Edition-specific observations apply only to the described bottling.
Production
Grain / recipe
North Okanagan corn and chocolate-malted barley.source ↗
Applies to: Lot 3. Solera 1927 identifies the sherry cask, not this whisky’s age. Producer page checked 2026-09-11. Edition-specific observations apply only to the described bottling.
Distillation / process
Milled, mashed, fermented and distilled on site in copper pot stills.source ↗
Applies to: Lot 3. Solera 1927 identifies the sherry cask, not this whisky’s age. Producer page checked 2026-09-11. Edition-specific observations apply only to the described bottling.
Maturation
Cask treatment
Five years in custom toasted and charred white oak, followed by six months in a Solera 1927 PX sherry cask.source ↗
Applies to: Lot 3. Solera 1927 identifies the sherry cask, not this whisky’s age. Producer page checked 2026-09-11. Edition-specific observations apply only to the described bottling.
Applies to: Lot 3. Solera 1927 identifies the sherry cask, not this whisky’s age. Producer page checked 2026-09-11. Edition-specific observations apply only to the described bottling.
Provenance
Production context
Producer identifies Vernon at 5204 24th Street as its flagship production facility, distinct from the Kelowna boutique lounge. The product page describes its own North Okanagan distillation. This association covers the currently described release, not earlier historical bottlings.source ↗
Applies to: Producer dates the move to its current Vernon production facility to 2015.
Producer identifies Vernon at 5204 24th Street as its flagship production facility, distinct from the Kelowna boutique lounge. The product page describes its own North Okanagan distillation. This association covers the currently described release, not earlier historical bottlings.