Canadian Rye Whiskey Reviews
Danfield s limited edition 21 year old average rating.
Canadian rye whiskey reviews. The whisky advocate buying guide is a powerful tool for learning discovery and making the most of your whisky buying budget. The finish ends with neutral grain spirits rye and spice this whisky has too much neutral grain spirits flavor. Originally distilled at joshua booth s farm near millhaven ontario at the end of the american revolutionary war lot no. The entry is smooth with palate of caramel neutral grain spirits and maple.
Prohibition is mistakenly credited with the growth of canadian whisky as a prominent whisky style. Over 4 000 whisky ratings. 40 was created as a tribute to joshua by mike booth his great great great great grand nephew back in the 1990s. Compared to other popular ryes such as sazerac rye and rittenhouse bottled in bond rye canadian club 100 rye lacks the strong rye and barrel notes.
Forty creek heart of gold average rating. The flavor profile due to some of the rye whisky being aged in used cooperage and the low bottling proof is very light. Overall canadian club 100 rye whisky is acceptable but not memorable. Unlike bourbons they are aged primarily in used oak barrels.
This whisky is a bit of a re make of a re make. Rave reviews can confidently say willett family estate bottled rye 4 year is the best rye whiskey on the market. Crown royal single barrel whisky 46 and caribou crossing single barrel canadian whisky 55 it s saying something when canadian club releases a 100 percent rye and crown royal puts out a cask strength single barrel bottling. This whisky is slightly better than regular canadian hunter whisky.
Aromas are of toasted oak and neutral grain spirits. Canadian club 100 rye whisky review. Canadian club 100 rye whisky is the rye component of what would normally go into canadian club whisky. By 1865 canadian whisky was the best selling whisky style in america and it remained so for a century and a half until bourbon sales took the lead in 2010.
There are no canadian government requirements when it comes to the percentages of grains used in the mash bill. Beautifully layered on the nose with robust rye on the palate and a long spicy finish willett family estate bottled rye is an amazingly well balanced drink. Alberta premium 30 year old average rating. The whisky is made in a 12 000 liter copper pot still and is 100 rye 90 canadian rye and 10 malted rye.
Canadian whisky is made primarily from corn or wheat with a supplement of rye barley or barley malt.