Canadian Whisky: The Portable Expert

[not a good nose]

Very much looking forward to getting a copy of this!



http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Can ... wsec=Books

[portwood]

Agreed.
I hope he's included some material not available from reading his website.

[Aidan]

I really should try more Canadian whiskies. What are the best ones. I've had some of the Forty Creeks and they are very good. I may have spelled the brand name incorrectly.

[Yello to Mello]

Indeed...hopefully he makes his way around the country for book signing ...nice cover.

[not a good nose]

I really should try more Canadian whiskies. What are the best ones. I've had some of the Forty Creeks and they are very good. I may have spelled the brand name incorrectly.

You spelled it right Any of his special bottlings are top notch IMO, esp the Confederation Oak, which I still like a bit better than his new Private Cask. The Alberta Premium 30 yr old is amazing, but might not be around anymore. For the price, Wiser's Small batch is one of my favourites, and the base offering of AB Premium is always a nice spicy dram.

Check out Davin's review page for some (but clearly not all 100) nice whiskies
http://www.canadianwhisky.org/category/reviews

[Yello to Mello]

I really should try more Canadian whiskies. What are the best ones. I've had some of the Forty Creeks and they are very good. I may have spelled the brand name incorrectly.

Depending on your location some of the premium canadian whiskies may not be available while some are exclusive to the US market. Elsewhere in the world the premium canadian whiskies are still almost non existant unless someone can correct me since it may have a greater global availability some day

[Pudge72]

I was pleasantly surprised by Collingwood (distilled in Collingwood, Ontario for Brown Forman, through their Canadian Mist distillery). A nice dessert whiskey, which retains the distinctive rye notes in a sweetened form,for a good (by LCBO standards) price at CAN$30. Not sure of its availability outside of Ontario.

[Frodo]

Well, I've pre-ordered Canadian Whisky. Am looking forward to it!!

[Yello to Mello]

It has arrived at my door. Will go and cycle through it when I get home this evening read it through the next few days, and get it signed on Saturday.

[portwood]

My copy was delivered 1 minute after I left the office. Doh!
Won't get my hands on it until tomorrow morning.

[portwood]

Quick first observation: of the 102 whiskies listed a scant 18 are >40% ABV!
Of those 18, 4 are Wiser's and 4 are Glen Breton products, and at least two others aren't even available in Canada (Whistle Pig, and CC 100 proof).

Canadian whisky may be good, but it sure is weak.

[Yello to Mello]

This is a good book that will likely hold significant relevance over the next 10 years.

The targeted readership was made to be broad ranging from people that are already savvy with Canadian whisky, people that have more experience with bourbon or single malts, and others that dont know much at all.

Structurally, it is made to be read through and has very nice reading font and spacing (no, not the really huge font) and I like how the tasting notes takes a back seat and can be referred upon later as a 'portable expert'. For a wine and spirits book, publishing tasting notes is almost a must and they are on placed on every few pages where they are mostly relevant. I just dont appreciate the whisky books where majority of the book is about tasting notes or distillery facts, I think every scotch OB and distillery has been written about a million times and I don't think it needs to be done with Canadian whisky.

There was a lot more research in this book then I first thought there would be. A reference to Okrent's book was made (I read last year) which made me flip through the bibliography to see where else Davin drew from. A few small town local public libraries it seems.

The first few sections frequently introduce brief scientific concepts and sometimes there was enough room to introduce some humor. My favourite part is probably the technical tasting section. When discussing how some conduct whisky tastings, "Others will have you tilt your head back and gasp for air like a carp in a summer pond", hahaha.

[Mr Tattie Heid]

That would be Murray.

[portwood]

That would be Murray.

[Mr Tattie Heid]

I wasn't trying to be funny! Then again, neither was Murray.