Category Archives: – Canadian Whisky
Crown Royal XR LaSalle, 40%
It’s a bit of an issue, right? When an Extra Rare bottling that currently goes from anywhere between € 160 to over € 1000 still only score between 81 and 82 points on average. Massive brands like this, that don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Canadian whisky, Crown Royal, LaSalle, Whisky Canadien, XR
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Crown Royal 10, 40%, bottled in 1973
Ancient Canadian hooch! Generally, I don’t pay a lot of attention to Canadian whisky. That has almost 100% to do with the fact that their ‘rye’ category is a bit of a catch all for grain distillates with possible additions … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Canadian whisky, Crown Royal, Whisky Canadien
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Shelter Point Single Malt, 46%
It’s literally been years since I tried any Canadian whisky. It’s been since early spring this year since I had any Canadian whisky. Part of the ‘weird whisky tasting’ I hosted about half a year ago, there was an older … Continue reading
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Tagged British Columbia, Canada, Canadian whisky, Shelter Point, Vancouver Island
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Danfield’s Limited Edition, 21 years old, 40%
The third whisky in the Canadian whisky tasting and book review, on the interwebs lovingly known as #DavinTT. I missed this one since I was out with friends for the weekend and it took me over a month to get … Continue reading
Posted in - Canadian Whisky, Black Velvet
Tagged Black Velvet, Canada, Canadian whisky, Danfield's, Davin de Kergommeaux, Limited Edition
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Forty Creek Port Wood Reserve, 45%
The fourth and last whisky in the Davin de Kergommeaux series of tasting on Sunday nights in May. Where’s the third, I hear you think? Well, I haven’t gotten around to reviewing it yet. That Sunday I was not available … Continue reading
Alberta Premium Dark Horse, 45%
Yesterday was the second of four Canadian Twitter Tastings in which Davin de Kergommeaux’ book is discussed, followed by a one-whisky Twitter tasting. The whisky is kept a secret until after the tasting so everybody goes in blind. The added … Continue reading
Lot No. 40, 43%
One of the first Canadian whiskies I’ve ever tried and only the second review of one on the blog. The first one was a not so great Crown Royal Original. Now another one originally from Corby Distillers that started in … Continue reading
Canadian Whisky Book Review and Twitter Tasting
Be a part of the world’s first ever whisky book review/twitter tasting. Social media are changing the way we read and the way we taste whisky. We’ve decided to integrate the two! Each Sunday for the next four weeks we will review … Continue reading
Canadian Whisky – Davin de Kergommeaux
Canadian whisky is a kind of whisky I know (or knew) nothing about. Barely available in Europe and apart from Canada it’s only the big brands you will ever find. While there aren’t many distilleries, there are a lot of … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Canadian whisky, Davin de Kergommeaux, Portable Expert, Whisky Canadien
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Malt Fascination 