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Any canadian whisky drinkers?

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Matty

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I bought a bunch of bottles the other day. Shit is so cheap here.

White Owl Whisky

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This shit has been filtered so much that there is no color, or flavor, left. It has essentially been turned into a neutral spirit. Most pointless non-whisky ever. Good for mixing with Diet Coke. 4 Matty Rains

Collingwood

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Newish whisky from the company that owns Jack Daniel's. Like JD, this is filtered through charcoal. It has a taste somewhat similar to JD, but it's more flavorful and probably aged a bit longer. Overly sweet but impressive considering the ultra-low price point. Stupidest bottle design ever - looks like oversized cologne. 6.9 Matty Rains

Forty Creek Barrel Select

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Bargain bin price point and bland bottle design make for a pretty underwhelming first impression. The liquid itself exceeds all expectations - this is a complex whisky that has a bit of everything, spice, wood & fruit. Very sweet like all Canadian whisky but at that price point we're thoroughly impressed. Might be the only Canadian dram we're planning on buying again. 8 Matty Rains
 
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Never heard of/seen it! $10 a bottle, really? Liquor stores don't carry it here. :uh::uh::uh:
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that makes no sense????
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Canadian Lord Calvert
I've drank it few times but I stick with JD most of the time.
actually havent drank any whiskey in at least a month or 2.
I dont have the brain/body filter that tells me when to stop with JD.
Hangovers were getting to harsh for me to bear..ie: cant function next day
 
The best Canadian Whiskey used to be Alberta Springs Sipping Whiskey. That was back before I ever thought about getting sober (pre 1990). It was a premium product that came in a wooden box. I don't know what kind of wood it was but it had a distinctive and very nice smell. Many people would use those boxes to store cassette tapes and whatnot.

The whiskey itself was sublime, a spiritual experience.

Then I got sober for a number of years. Then I relapsed and I tried Alberta Springs again. It was still pretty good but it was no longer the extra special treat it was before. They had changed it. The pricing was more in line with other ryes and there was no more cute little box.

But I sure did drink a lot of it sometimes. I don't know what is going on with it now.

As I recall, what I drank most of at that time was Wiser's Deluxe. It was a reasonable balance of price and quality and you could get those great big bottles.
 
Next time you are feeling special buy this:

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I have worked with many types of oak barrels, first as a wine maker and then as a whisky maker. Every wood, whether it is from a bourbon barrel, port barrel, sherry cask, French, Balkan or American oak, creates a distinctive taste expression. As a proud Canadian whisky maker, I have always been curious what a Canadian whisky would taste like aged in a Canadian oak barrel, because most Canadian whiskies are aged in American oak.

To my delight, I discovered some massive Canadian white oak trees that were growing only 40 miles from the distillery! They must have started growing just before Confederation in 1867 because they were 4 feet in diameter and over 150 years old. The selected trees were harvested from a sustainably managed forest employing the principle of no tree before its time. This forest has a mixture of young trees coming up in the understory, mature trees in full productive vigor, and old trees whose growth has slowed. These older trees block sunlight and rainfall from the younger trees and when over-matured, need to be removed.

I thought I could give them a second career as whisky barrels. Canadian and American white oak trees are the same species. However, the cooler growing conditions in Canada result in slower growing trees that are more dense than their American counterparts. Consequently, the aromas and flavour profiles of Canadian oak are very different due to the Canadian terroir.

This is truly an iconic whisky. Canadian whisky, aged in Canadian oak barrels, harvested from trees that first rooted themselves in Canadian soil 150 years ago during Confederation.
 
:yes: I will definitely be trying the premium Forty Creeks in the near future. I'm quite impressed by the dirt cheap Barrel Select and the fancier offerings are still cheaper than most good scotches.

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Muddy there seems to be a general consensus that whisky, at least in the low-end range, has become less tasty over the years. One explanation is that the increased demand forces blenders to use younger whiskies to create their recipes. There just isn't enough older whisky to go around. There should be a rebound effect in a decade or so, as the ramped-up production is ready to be bottled.
 
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