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Alberta Whisky Cake
Alberta Whisky Cake

Packed to travel and sealed for freshness, The Alberta Whisky Cake, in malted maple and whisky runner chocolate, is a most toothsome ways for a traveler to remember Alberta.

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News & UpdatesJessica RousseauJuly 21, 2012
This Father's Day give Canadian whisky, the book
This Father's Day give Canadian whisky, the book

Make this the perfect Father's Day with a gift Dad can enjoy all year round.

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News & UpdatesJessica RousseauJune 10, 2012
Canadian Whisky at Chapters-Indigo For Father's Day
Canadian Whisky at Chapters-Indigo For Father's Day

Father's Day shopping for the man who has everything just became a whole lot easier at Chapters and Indigo book stores. Canada's nationwide bookseller is recommending Canadian Whisky: The Portable Expert for fathers this year.

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News & UpdatesJessica RousseauJune 4, 2012
Sazerac Canadian Whiskies for Father's Day
Sazerac Canadian Whiskies for Father's Day

Sazerac encourages gift givers to go Canadian for Father’s Day 2012 with Royal Canadian Small Batch and Caribou Crossing Canadian whisky.

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News & UpdatesJessica RousseauMay 22, 2012
Introducing Crown Royal XR LaSalle
Introducing Crown Royal XR LaSalle

Crown Royal has introduced a new version of their XR Canadian whisky using the last remaining stocks from the long-defunct distillery in LaSalle Quebec. Who knew this whisky even existed?

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News & UpdatesJessica RousseauMay 15, 2012
Forty Creek Port Wood Reserve
Forty Creek Port Wood Reserve

John K. Hall, one of Canada's best known whisky makers is set to reprise his limited bottling Port Wood Reserve. Reservations for this new batch open Monday May 7, 2012 and close one month later on June 7.

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News & UpdatesJessica RousseauMay 1, 2012
Still Waters 1+11 Canadian Whisky (40% alc/vol)
Still Waters 1+11 Canadian Whisky (40% alc/vol)

A tingling effervescence turns initially buttery, mouth-filling, toffee indulgences into clear, clean refreshment. Ever-present hot pepper is restrained by a richness of body and crisp cleansing pith. ★★★★☆

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Whisky ReviewsJessica RousseauApril 11, 2012
Canadian Club & the Canadian Whisky Renaissance
Canadian Club & the Canadian Whisky Renaissance

Canadian Club readies for the Canadian whisky renaissance with two flavoured whiskies (spiced and blackberry) and two ready-to-drink versions, one based on cola and the other on ginger ale.

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News & UpdatesJessica RousseauApril 11, 2012
Bison Ridge Special Reserve 8 Year Old (40% alc/vol)
Bison Ridge Special Reserve 8 Year Old (40% alc/vol)

Buttery caramels with refreshing bitters in an oaky, peppery, and weighty dram. Mouth warming, spicy and smooth as the proverbial silk. Simple, straight forward, and richly flavourful. ★★★★

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Whisky ReviewsJessica RousseauApril 4, 2012
Shelter Point 5 Year Old Single Grain Rye 46% alc/vol
Shelter Point 5 Year Old Single Grain Rye 46% alc/vol

A complex synthesis of maple sugar, licorice cough drops, ripe black fruits, sweet flowers, and sizzling pepper painted in oils on an artist’s canvas. ★★★★

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Whisky ReviewsJessica RousseauApril 2, 2012
Canadian Club Dock No. 57 (40% alc/vol)
Canadian Club Dock No. 57 (40% alc/vol)

A typical fruity, rye-forward Canadian Club nose becomes sweet, hot, and spicy on the tongue. The most whisky like of the spiced whiskies with added notes of black licorice, Mom's baking vanilla and a touch of clean oak.

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Whisky ReviewsJessica RousseauMarch 15, 2012
Canadian Hunter 40% alc./vol. (80 proof)
Canadian Hunter 40% alc./vol. (80 proof)

Faint spirit evolves into robust rye spices with rich butterscotch, hints of dry grain, and ripe dark fruits. Very flavourful and mouth-filling with sizzling pepper, fleshy dark fruits and lime peel. Spicy Rye. ★★★☆

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Whisky ReviewsJessica RousseauMarch 3, 2012
Seagram’s VO (40% alc./vol.)
Seagram’s VO (40% alc./vol.)

Much nuance, many hints. Pepper, ginger and other rye spices, ripe dark fruit, earth, dry grain, floral notes, vanilla, cedar, Fruity & Spicy. ★★★

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Whisky ReviewsJessica RousseauMarch 1, 2012
White Owl Whisky 40% alc./vol.
White Owl Whisky 40% alc./vol.

Sprite™, citrus fruit cooler, anise, soft baking spices, butterscotch, hot cayenne, hints of oak tannins. Probably the tastiest white whisky anywhere in the world.

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Whisky ReviewsJessica RousseauFebruary 26, 2012
Chinook 5 year old Canadian Whisky (40% alc./vol.)
Chinook 5 year old Canadian Whisky (40% alc./vol.)

Ripe fruit and stewed prunes with vanilla coconut custard, blistering hot spices and a nutty cereal side accented with rose water, dusty roads and hints of oak. Fruity & Spicy. ★★★☆

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Whisky ReviewsJessica RousseauFebruary 23, 2012
Crown Royal XR - Extra Rare (40% alc./vol.)
Crown Royal XR - Extra Rare (40% alc./vol.)

A rich, weighty, hugely complex and skillfully structured whisky displaying ripe red fruit, fresh-cut oak, hot spices, dry grain, and violets. Rich & Oaky. ★★★★☆

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Whisky ReviewsJessica RousseauFebruary 14, 2012
Grand Grizzly (40% Alc/Vol)
Grand Grizzly (40% Alc/Vol)

Black pepper and an earthiness reminiscent of agave spirit give way to hard and gingery rye while citrus zest, with dark fruits, real black pepper, and dashes of pickle juice meld into cold wet slate. ★★★★

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Whisky ReviewsJessica RousseauFebruary 13, 2012
Pendleton 1910 Canadian Rye Whisky 40% alc./vol
Pendleton 1910 Canadian Rye Whisky 40% alc./vol

Butterscotch and maple fudge with cleansing zesty limes. Gingery hot pepper and fresh cooling mint. Crisp charred oak. Rich, weighty, balanced, and ever so complex. Fruity & Spicy. ★★★★☆

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Whisky ReviewsJessica RousseauFebruary 8, 2012
Introducing Tap 357 Canadian Maple Rye Whisky
Introducing Tap 357 Canadian Maple Rye Whisky

TAP 357 is a new premium maple-flavored Canadian rye whisky. This small-batch whisky is a marriage of two purely Canadian flavors: rye and maple. New in February 2012 from Van Gogh Imports in Orlando Florida.

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News & UpdatesJessica RousseauJanuary 26, 2012
Alberta Premium 30 Year Old Limited Edition®
Alberta Premium 30 Year Old Limited Edition®

Crisp clean oak and fresh red cedar, ripe fruit, butterscotch, vanilla, grapefruit pith, simmering spices, and dusty rye. A quick explosion of flavour followed by a slow, complex reveal. Rich & Oaky. ★★★★★

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Whisky ReviewsJessica RousseauJanuary 9, 2012
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