Hood River Spirits, primarily based in Oregon, has been slowly shifting upmarket with its Pendleton Canadian Whisky model, which we’ve lined at size. Just lately it dropped its oldest expression ever, a blended whisky carrying the title of Administrators’ Reserve and a 20 yr previous age assertion. (The administrators in query are the heads of
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Lengthy an beneath the radar producer for a lot of North America’s sourced rye (not less than for U.S. shoppers), Beam Suntory-owned Alberta Distillers has been leaning into their home manufacturers beneath the Alberta Premium banner since 2020. That yr marked the primary American launch of Alberta Premium Cask energy, and in 2022, the model’s
Crown Royal takes a break from its Noble Collection with this new launch, an 18 12 months outdated whisky dubbed Further Uncommon. The whisky is billed as “an beautiful mix of three of the model’s most distinctive whiskies” — however past that, particulars are scarce. The softness endemic to Canadian whisky is abundantly current right
Bearface is a comparatively new Canadian whisky model with a considerably difficult backstory. First, the title, Bearface, comes from the truth that the whisky is claimed to be aged in “Bear Nation.” Extra particularly, it’s aged in delivery containers situated in British Columbia the place they do have their fair proportion of bears, however extra
Very long time rye drinkers have probably had their justifiable share of juice from Alberta Distillers, although extra generally by way of manufacturers that supply from the Calgary-based single-grain large. A very long time mainstay on Canadian cabinets, the distillery’s personal Alberta Premium model has extra not too long ago made waves south of the