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Should you’re consuming a rye whisky that was made in Canada, there’s a very good likelihood you’re consuming whisky from Alberta Distillers, which is basically the MGP of the north. Alberta makes vodka and blended whisky, however its finest identified for its rye whisky, which is constructed from a 100% rye mashbill and is bottled right here as Alberta Premium — along with being bought to different bottlers, equivalent to WhistlePig.
Alberta Premium has been beneath the radar for years within the U.S., at the very least till Jim Murray named this cask energy expression “World Whisky of the 12 months.” Now everybody needs to drink Alberta Premium. Ought to they?
It is a cask energy expression of its most generally accessible product, which is constructed from 100% Canadian rye and aged for at the very least 5 years.
It’s additionally a bruiser, and whereas generally that may be endearing, right here it’s not. Alberta Premium Cask Power’s nostril is initially scalding sizzling with ethanol and petrol notes, reminding me extra of a lightweight whiskey greater than a straight rye. Give it plenty of time in glass or some water and you may coax some character out of it, although right here that’s restricted to some sesame and candy cereal parts, with a lightweight notice of oak within the combine.
The whisky is bottled with much more alcohol than it wants and a palate that’s far too sizzling to drink as is — and it wants ample water to get into form for human consumption. Tempered appropriately, the whisky is okay however innocuous, with gentle spice notes and extra of that candy breakfast cereal dominating. There’s not a lot fruit to talk of out of doors of some ripe banana, and because the end approaches the whisky veers extra towards savory notes, with contemporary, inexperienced grass and an odd soy notice creating. It concludes properly sufficient with a light brown butter and chocolate notice coming into focus, although the emphasis is on gentle. However in any other case, outdoors of its brazen booziness, the entire expertise is essentially forgettable.
132 proof.
B- / $70 / albertadistillers.com [BUY IT NOW FROM DRIZLY]
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