Canadian (C)april Details

[Mark C]

Well, there's no month beginning with 'C' so April will have to do. April will be Canadian tasting month. Plenty of advance notice there.

[Malt-Teaser]

Capril?

Sounds like some kind of neon cocktail.

But I'm in!

[Mark C]

Capril?

Sounds like some kind of neon cocktail.

But I'm in!

So are the Canadians!

[Mark C]

Let's get this one off and running...

I have Alberta Premium, Crown Royal Limited Edition, a mini of Gibson's, a teeny bit of Glen Breton Rare, and am awaiting a couple of other samples. I also have bog-standard Canadian Club and will be getting a bottle of something that I'm going to send samples of but not tell you what it is, so that will be a Mystery Dram for this tasting.

So, I will be sending samples of Alberta Premium and Crown Royal LE to all the usual suspects (unless you don't want them!). I can send Canadian Club to anyone of those who wishes it too. I will also distribute a few samples of some other ones that will be limited to maybe 3 samples from each one.

[bbmoose]

You know one that would be nice to try and is getting difficult to find in certain parts of Canada would be Tangle Ridge. I know one of our local sales rep has a bunch of mini's stored somewheres..... problem for me is that he's away on vacation and I'm also leaving for vacation on saturday...

but April is a just beginning... must inquire on this upon return from Florida trip and see if I can score a few mini's to send away.


Ohh.. and this might be a good time to open up this one: Canadian Club Sherry Cask... btw - this one is no longer carried in NB and is available in small quantities at a steal: 29.99$

[Mark C]

I'm expecting all our Canadian members to lead the way on this one, and teach us all about your whiskies.

[scotchio]

Not sure I have any canadian samples left in the mini pool but I have some loving notes on the Alberta Premiums that nice lady from the other side sent me a while back and I still dream that my cousin who moved out there will smuggle some bottles back for me one day.

[Muskrat Portage]

Gee. I feel like such a pariah. I wander past the Canadian whiskies all the time enroute to the Single Malts and barely give them a glance. I guess familiarity breeds contempt.

To explain to my brothers in whisky across the great pond, I generally drink CC (aka Canadian Club) and Wisers with a bit of mix - sprite or ginger ale. I do have a bottle of Glen Breton that I enjoy with water and another bottle of Forty Creek and an Alberta Springs that I've yet to open. I've tried and enjoyed 40 Creek neat at Whisky Live Toronto but honestly, for me, it's been a matter of building up my collection of whisky from primarily Scotland to the detriment of the home grown varieties.

I'm willing to join in with anyone else that has a Canadian bottle to sample but will have to run to the LC if I want anything other than the few I've mentioned. Sorry it just never occured that I should expand my knowledge base to include something that I consider to be common and mayhaps a bit indifferent at best. Our whisky does not seem to have the same nuances and varieties that I find in many "foreign" offerings.

Maybe my compatriots can join in on this thread and provide their input. It's all about sharing knowledge and experience.

Musky

[Yello to Mello]

Hi Musky nice to see you on this side of things.

Sorry it just never occured that I should expand my knowledge base to include something that I consider to be common and mayhaps a bit indifferent at best. Our whisky does not seem to have the same nuances and varieties that I find in many "foreign" offerings.

Musky

You are right in that sense. Although I think Canadian whisky is starting to get a little better in those categories.

Damn, it going to be hard leading the way when Bute already has more in his lineup than I do.

I better run to the LC just for some miniatures this month. I will probably get a bottle of the Centennial. Looks interesting regardless of what ratings it got.

[Nabil]

Nice to see you as well Musky!

The nice thing about canadian whisky is that you can buy an 18 yo whisky for at least half the price of similar scotch. And when it comes to Alberta Premium's 25 yo rye at 29$...Sheesh!

I've got Forty Creek BS, Forty Creek DB (courtesy of Y2M), Alberta Premium lined up for the tasting. My take on Canadians is that it is grain whisky blended with grain neutral spirit, with FC being the ONLY exception to this rule as far as we know.

The maturation takes place in New Oak, ex bourbon, and more recently some traditional finishing casks a la scotch.
As a result I'm on the lookout for overt caramel notes from E150, bourbon notes from added bourbon to the mix or from the New Oak, as well as the tinned fruit like notes from the rye, as well as the pepperiness of the rye.

I used to love Wiser's 18yo, what a steatl, until I tried Forty Creek...now I'm a Forty Creek apostle!

[Frodo]

I'm expecting all our Canadian members to lead the way on this one, and teach us all about your whiskies.

Here's a couple of thoughts from my perspective.

A) There are some decent Cdn whiskies out there, but not very many that I'd purchase with my own $$. I welcome the chatter about it, but until the powers that be make the stuff at 46% UCF I'm concerned most bottlings are comming out second rate.

B) Right now with the econemy, my purchasing is getting tighter. The LCBO has delisted Whyte & MacKay 13yr from $49 to $30 and with this lloking me in the face, I can't justify $25-$28 on a bottle of plumb ordinary Cdn whisky. If I could get some 200ml bottles of anything interesting, I'd do it for sure. Alas this is not offered in Ontario.

A great idea (how many forums have made a concerted effort to talk about Cdn whisky), but not something I'm able to afford at the current time.

[Mark C]

I'm expecting all our Canadian members to lead the way on this one, and teach us all about your whiskies.

Here's a couple of thoughts from my perspective.

A) There are some decent Cdn whiskies out there, but not very many that I'd purchase with my own $$. I welcome the chatter about it, but until the powers that be make the stuff at 46% UCF I'm concerned most bottlings are comming out second rate.

B) Right now with the econemy, my purchasing is getting tighter. The LCBO has delisted Whyte & MacKay 13yr from $49 to $30 and with this lloking me in the face, I can't justify $25-$28 on a bottle of plumb ordinary Cdn whisky. If I could get some 200ml bottles of anything interesting, I'd do it for sure. Alas this is not offered in Ontario.

A great idea (how many forums have made a concerted effort to talk about Cdn whisky), but not something I'm able to afford at the current time.

If you have some Canadian bottlings at home currently then that's all you need to bring along.

[Yello to Mello]

I got some Mountain Rock sample, Alberta Premium 25 from Burichladdict, Forty Creek Double Barrel (might release the notes on it) And I am thinking of trying a bottle of Centennial.

[Mark C]

I'm starting to get samples out this weekend. It's proving to be a mammoth task but we'll get there...

[I_SPEY]

Gee. I feel like such a pariah. I wander past the Canadian whiskies all the time enroute to the Single Malts and barely give them a glance. I guess familiarity breeds contempt.

To explain to my brothers in whisky across the great pond, I generally drink CC (aka Canadian Club) and Wisers with a bit of mix - sprite or ginger ale. I do have a bottle of Glen Breton that I enjoy with water and another bottle of Forty Creek and an Alberta Springs that I've yet to open. I've tried and enjoyed 40 Creek neat at Whisky Live Toronto but honestly, for me, it's been a matter of building up my collection of whisky from primarily Scotland to the detriment of the home grown varieties.

I'm willing to join in with anyone else that has a Canadian bottle to sample but will have to run to the LC if I want anything other than the few I've mentioned. Sorry it just never occured that I should expand my knowledge base to include something that I consider to be common and mayhaps a bit indifferent at best. Our whisky does not seem to have the same nuances and varieties that I find in many "foreign" offerings.

Maybe my compatriots can join in on this thread and provide their input. It's all about sharing knowledge and experience.

Musky

Nice to see you back, Musky

Cheers, René

[bbmoose]

Pardon my inquiry here....

But is there a date / weekend when this is going to take place?

Here's my list of Canadians that I can sample:

Canadian Club Premium
Canadian Club Reserve 10
Canadian Club Classic 12
Canadian Club Sherry Cask
Forty Creek Barrell Select
Tangled Ridge
Alberta Premium
Alberta Springs 10
Danfields Private Reserve
Wisers Reserve

This would be my 1st event - so not sure how this works.

Tks.
Moose

[Yello to Mello]

Pardon my inquiry here....

But is there a date / weekend when this is going to take place?

Last Saturday of the month, Moose. If you can't make it you can post some late notes, etc.

[bbmoose]

I fully intend on posting my notes...

Sounds like my Saturday night is gonna be a true Canadian evening - Canadian Whisky and lots of playoff Hockey!!

Go Bruins Go!!!! .... and if you wonder why they Bruins? They are the closest team from my town and I've cheered them on since the late 70's.. and Ray Bourque - his father is from Moncton...

[Mark C]

Apart from a couple of people who I will be seeing tonight, those I was giving samples to should either have them by now or they are in the post. I have shared out the following (although nobody got a sample of everything!) to those I had addresses for and apologies to anyone else as there were too many folk to send to for me to involve anyone else:

Canadian Club
Alberta Premium
Alberta Premium 25yo
Forty Creek Barrel Select
Crown Royal LE
Glen Breton Rare
And a Mystery Canadian

Oh, and I have a mini of Gibson's.

Can't wait!

[ras mazunga]

Samples arrived. Thank you.

[Malt-Teaser]

Thanks Mark, three sampels arrived yesterday which was a nice surprise in the post.

Malty