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I agree with the guy who said yes. Doesn't Canada have laws about what can or cannot be called whiskey? Given how cold the winters are up there I have to think they know something ....
Ever since I got sick drinking a whole bottle of Cutty Sark Scotch nearly 60 years ago in a friend's closet, I have avoided Scotch like Dracula avoids mirrors and crosses. I used to drink rum and occasionally gin or vodka, but always had to cover up the taste with coke or 7 Up. Then I drank wine for decades, but grew wary of all those calories.
So one day I went and bought some Jim Beam....wow. What a neat taste w/ just water! Who knew? Seeking something even cheaper, I discovered the bottom shelf black label Evan Williams Bourbon. I like it better than any of the big name Bourbons, and you sure can't beat the price. The calories are still worrisome, its amazing how high they are in whiskeys (but a lot better than wines), so I limit it to a shot or two a night. What a neat, not so guilty pleasure.
My Zen teacher, who otherwise is sound of mind, loves those single malt Scotch whiskeys. I once tried a shot, Lord, it tasted like lighter fluid. No, even lighter fluid probably doesn't taste that bad.
I agree with the guy who said yes. Doesn't Canada have laws about what can or cannot be called whiskey? Given how cold the winters are up there I have to think they know something ....
Canada does have laws about what can be called whiskey, but they are much like about laws about any food--if you are making all-beef hot dogs, then they better contain only meat from cows, and not contain any pork or chicken. If you're making whiskey, then it's grains mashed and distilled, and aged in wooden barrels for at least four years. That sort of thing.
Canadians do know something about whiskey, but it's difficult to find in a lot of the mass-market, heavily advertised brands. Probably the best of that bunch is Crown Royal, with anything from Corby's, Walker's, Seagram's, Schenley's, and Melcher's a distant second. And while I'm sure that Canadian Club has a use, I'm equally sure that that use is not for drinking. Alberta Distilleries does produce a very nice rye, I must say.
It's the Canadian whiskies that you rarely-to-never hear about that are the gems. I discovered Glen Breton some years ago. Made using the same ingredients and distilling process as a good single-malt Scotch, but which cannot be called Scotch because it is distilled in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; it is technically a single-malt Canadian whiskey. Introduced in 2000, it is very nice and smooth, and now available in different ages. But I'll bet that nobody in this thread has ever heard of it.
We drink bourbon Manhattans, but otherwise, you can’t beat a premium scotch. Macallen 18 is not in our budget, but JW Black or Gold label are very good.
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