canadian whisky

**luckysealy** · 05-27-2007, 08:22 PM

can anyone suggest a good canadian whisky other than crown?

**KWE** · 05-27-2007, 09:13 PM

I really like Seagram's VO Gold

**knlgskr** · 05-28-2007, 06:36 AM

Carlton Tower

Richard

**TimmyBoston** · 05-28-2007, 07:46 PM

Hirsch

**Rufus** · 05-31-2007, 01:39 PM

Canadian Club. It should be the only whisky in your Manhattan.

**boboakalfb** · 05-31-2007, 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by Rufus

Canadian Club. It should be the only whisky in your Manhattan.

Traditionally it was straight Rye. Now it is also commonly made with Bourbon or Canadian Whiskey. I have made them with Crown but definitely prefer a Bourbon or Rye. Thats what makes a horse race...ymmv and all that.

**Mottern Man** · 03-29-2009, 12:07 AM

Originally Posted by luckysealy

can anyone suggest a good canadian whisky other than crown?

No (and I would not suggest Crown either) but get Canadian bacon.

Originally Posted by TimmyBoston

I'll be honest, I love whisk(e)y but if I never have Canadian whisky again in my life, that's just fine with me. For my money, stick with bourbon, rye and Scotch, IMO you can get superior products at better prices.
I've found it's best to leave both Irish and Canadian whiskies alone.

+1

Irish ain't too bad though, if it were not for the price.

**Abagadro** · 03-29-2009, 12:30 AM

No love for Lord Calvert?

**celestino** · 12-31-2011, 11:34 PM

i may be Canadian, but Canadians do NOT make good whiskey. Leave that to the Scots.
If you can find better than Crown Royal 25 year old aged, then, let me know.

**SenorPartagas** · 12-31-2011, 11:39 PM

Alberta Springs.....nuff said

**Luc** · 08-10-2012, 10:00 AM

Time to push this back up... I had to refill on Canadian Club today (I normally drink the original neat). I saw a bottle of Wiser today. I wasn't sure so I left it there. From what I see in this thread, it's a good one. I did a bit more research and found that Wiser's small batch is even better ($7-$8 more than the regular). I located some and will surely buy some soon!

**Luc** · 08-11-2012, 05:07 AM

After all, I decided to get a bottle of Wiser's small batch yesterday. I have to say, I was disappointed. Very strong, in your face, no brown sugar or caramel taste. It was a let down for me. The scent reminds me of bourbon quite a bit... I will need to give that one another try later but so far, it's a negative... I will probably stick to the good old Canadian Club...

**mikeon** · 08-12-2012, 09:56 PM

Originally Posted by Luc

After all, I decided to get a bottle of Wiser's small batch yesterday. I have to say, I was disappointed. Very strong, in your face, no brown sugar or caramel taste. It was a let down for me. The scent reminds me of bourbon quite a bit... I will need to give that one another try later but so far, it's a negative... I will probably stick to the good old Canadian Club...

wisers and gibsons are ones i usually need to be in the right mood for, unlike alberta premium and springs or forty creek which are great at all times for me

**Jeff C** · 08-11-2012, 05:12 AM

Well I think part of the problem is that the best Canadian whiskies are kept in Canada. In the United States, besides Crown, the best I have found is Forty Creek Barrel Select followed by Canadian Club 10 year old--the 6 year old and 12 year old don't do it for me. You can also find Wiser's Deluxe readily in the United States, I was not too pleased with that though. Some of the other really bottom shelf Canadians one finds in the United States (I'm talking $10 for 1.75L) are just nasty.

If you can get a Canadian to bring one for you or you have a visit there, then I can highly recommend Alberta Premium and Wiser's Legacy, both of these are outstanding, and sadly only kept north of the border. Also both are pretty reasonable in price, about $25 and $50 respectively.

**Luc** · 08-11-2012, 05:14 AM

Originally Posted by Jeff C

Well I think part of the problem is that the best Canadian whiskies are kept in Canada. In the United States, besides Crown, the best I have found is Forty Creek Barrel Select followed by Canadian Club 10 year old--the 6 year old and 12 year old don't do it for me. You can also find Wiser's Deluxe readily in the United States, I was not too pleased with that though. Some of the other really bottom shelf Canadians one finds in the United States (I'm talking $10 for 1.75L) are just nasty.

If you can get a Canadian to bring one for you or you have a visit there, then I can highly recommend Alberta Premium and Wiser's Legacy, both of these are outstanding, and sadly only kept north of the border. Also both are pretty reasonable in price, about $25 and $50 respectively.

Alberta Premium is on my list but isn't available in Quebec, I would need to either go to Ontario or New Brunswick to get it...

I like the regular Canadian Club, that's my cheap, go-to drink usually. The 20 yo is outstanding if you can afford it!

**GrimmFu** · 08-11-2012, 06:09 AM

Have any of you tried the new Collingwood Whisky? I'd be interested to hear what you think.

http://www.collingwoodwhisky.com/def...l=%2fhome.aspx

**Jeff C** · 08-11-2012, 01:37 PM

That's too bad Luc. I had a visitor from Toronto recently swap with me a bottle of Wiser's Legacy for Elijah Craig 18 year old which won't be available for awhile given a fire several years ago at the distillery warehouse. I also had a friend who visited Ontario bring me a bottle of Alberta Premium recently. One would think that the liquor authorities in Quebec would at least get the same stuff that the LCBO can get. Despite the prices, I've heard good things about LCBO. You should check out the Connosr web page, a lot Canadians on there, maybe you can get some swaps going. Also the canadianwhisky blog has some good info. The US state of Virginia has all state run stores with a pretty typical selection of Canadians, fortunately the Forty Creek Barrel Select which is outstanding for the $20 price. I wish they had some of the more unique expressions of Forty Creek though.

**Luc** · 08-11-2012, 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by Jeff C

That's too bad Luc. I had a visitor from Toronto recently swap with me a bottle of Wiser's Legacy for Elijah Craig 18 year old which won't be available for awhile given a fire several years ago at the distillery warehouse. I also had a friend who visited Ontario bring me a bottle of Alberta Premium recently. One would think that the liquor authorities in Quebec would at least get the same stuff that the LCBO can get. Despite the prices, I've heard good things about LCBO. You should check out the Connosr web page, a lot Canadians on there, maybe you can get some swaps going. Also the canadianwhisky blog has some good info. The US state of Virginia has all state run stores with a pretty typical selection of Canadians, fortunately the Forty Creek Barrel Select which is outstanding for the $20 price. I wish they had some of the more unique expressions of Forty Creek though.

I had some Elijah Craig 12 yo before and it was really nice. Not too expensive either.

The liquor commission in Quebec (SAQ) is a real joke. Everything from France is overpriced and then, you're stuck with whatever they import as they don't allow private bottle shops. I still don't understand why I cannot pay less for a bottle a wine directly from the vineyard versus one of their branch...

Anyways, that's a whole other story. The Wiser's Legacy isn't available around here, unfortunately...

**crfcom** · 08-12-2012, 03:00 PM

Anyone remember the late and lamented Bush Pilot? Family owned distiller that closed down 10-15 years ago. Used to be one of my favorite whiskies.

**Luc** · 08-13-2012, 05:44 AM

Tried Wiser's again yesterday but on ice (which I never do usually). It was, to my surprise, much nicer. I had the caramel taste this time that I didn't last time. It's funny because it reminds me of a class that I saw on TV on how to drink Larks (Tasmanian) whiskey. They were saying that neat, it taste like X, if you add 5ml of water, you will get Y, if you had 10ml you get Z...