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Blended Canadian Whisky

Category: Canadian Whisky

Date Tasted:
Country: Canada
Alcohol: 40%
86 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$18

Member’s Mark
Blended Canadian Whisky

Category: Canadian Whisky

Date Tasted:
Country: Canada
Alcohol: 40%
Gold color. Aromas and flavors of honey bun, fresh doughnut with maple syrup glaze, sour dough and lemon zest, and walnuts with a round, bright, dry medium body and a warming, delightful, medium-length finish that shows accents of cinnamon and sugar, brown buttered pastry dough, maple water and candied flowers, and nutmeg. A clean and classic Canadian Whisky that could be a sipper, mixer, or pleasant pairing with a please and thank you.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Mild
Aroma Aroma: honey bun, fresh doughnut with maple syrup glaze, sour dough and lemon zest, and walnuts
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with accents of cinnamon and sugar, brown buttered pastry dough, maple water and candied flowers, and nutmeg
Smoothness Smoothness: Warming
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, neat and on the rocks
Cocktail Cocktails: Sazerac, Old Fashioned, Manhattan
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A clean and classic Canadian Whisky that could be a sipper, mixer, or pleasant pairing with a please and thank you.

The Producer

Sam’s Club

The Producer
2101 SE Simple Savings Drive
Bentonville, AR 72716
USA

Canadian Whisky

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Serve in a Glencairn Ganadian Whisky Glass
Canadian Whisky is made primarily from corn or wheat, with a supplement of rye, barley, or barley malt. There are no Canadian government requirements when it comes to the percentages of grains used in the mash bill. Unlike Bourbons, they are aged, primarily in used oak barrels. The minimum age for Canadian Whisky is three years, with most brands being aged four to six years. Virtually all Canadian whiskies (except the pot-distilled malt whiskies of Glenora in Nova Scotia) are blended from different grain whiskies of different ages. Bulk Canadian Whiskies are usually shipped in barrels to their destination country where they are bottled. These bulk whiskies are usually bottled at 40% ABV (80 proof) and are usually no more than four years old. "Bottled in Canada" whiskies generally have older components in their blends and are bottled at 43.4% ABV (86.8 proof).

Canadian whiskies, as with their American cousins, originated on the farm. These early whiskies were made primarily from rye. In time most Canadian distillers turned to corn, wheat, and other grains, but Canadians continue to refer to their whisky as "Rye" even though the mash bill for most Canadian Whisky is now predominantly a mix of corn, wheat, and barley, with only a modest proportion of rye for flavor, which results in a lighter-bodied spirit.