canadian whisky

Hey, Bill. Nice of ya ta join us. I'm still at it. I hoist one to ya in the North.

Cheers!

Good morning, Jim. Finish yer coffee and have a wee wake up dram. I hoist one to the East to ya. Slainte!

"It's a poor workman who blames his (blasted) tools!"

Heh. Good morning to you. It's a _wee_ bit early for me and, besides, I don't want to dull the excitement of the new washing machine.

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Ah, but a good workman knows when the tools are at fault :-)

Jim

It may be Single Malt. But is not Scotch. I am not criticizing it, because I have never tried it. But legally speaking, it is not Scotch. There are however a few canadian Whiskiies I like very much. I have a bottle of Lot.40 here at home which I really enjoy. I also have a very small amount left of Hirsch Rye which I adore. I remember when I first joined this group we discused Canadian every now and again. Bushido was very helpfull in this regard. I also asked in an off topic question about Tennessee whiskey last year before going to Tennessee on vacation. Got some nice replies. The odd off topic question should be OK every now and then.

Peace, Jock

Thanks, Jock. That's why I said, " . . . in all but name."

Did you post a report on the trip? I may have missed it. Did you get into the hill country or just Nashville and environs? What whiskies did you bring back? Did you buy an Elvis outfit? ;-D

I hoist one in your general direction, Jacues. Slainte!

A couple of us here do venture away from our scotch on occasion. I happen to have a bottle of the Crown Royal XR and Crown Royal Special Reserve. I like a shot of Classic Twelve now and then as well. I recently tried Forty Creek Barrel Select and found it very drinkable. In the old days I liked Seagram's

7 and Seagram's VO. For the most part I like single malts and select bourbons and whiskey. I do drink blended whisk(e)y from time to time but I prefer a good single malt from a fine glass.

Tonight I brought home a case of the Laphroaig 10 year old Cask Strength and so I'll drink to the health and happiness of you all no matter what you have in your glass.

Here's to ya!

Daniel

I haven't had it for several years, but I have good memories of it.

The Hirsch is actually an American rye. I've not come across it in Canada.

I did a couple of bottle trades with Bushido back then. He wanted a couple of scotches -- one a single malt, the other an old Ballantine's

-- that he couldn't get in Chicago. I got a couple of bottles of Bush Pilot's Private Reserve in return, a long-discontinued Canadian whisky that was exclusively exported to the U.S. Marvellous stuff, which I'll probably never see again.

If anyone's interested, I'll bone up on my Canadian whisky next time I'm in a good store, and report back on a few of the best choices these days.

My current bottle is Forty Creek Barrel Reserve, well worth a taste if you come across it.

I'm in complete agreement.

bill

there are more than just scotch you know. n i'm just saying a lil talk once in awhile isnt bad.to talk about canadian booze. i know theres afew canadain whiskys thats better than afew scotch too. open your minds up.

HEY! this is a scotch board.. no beer talk allowed! as told to me by another.

Hi, Daniel. I'm trying to catch up on the posts on several groups, so I'm a day late and a dollar short. ;-(

I've had a bottle of Crown Royal for several years. It's the only Canadian I have and it's almost gone.

A case of Laphroaig 10! How nice. It sure is a fine whisky. The only thing I buy by the case is rotgut Vodka, $9.59 for 1.75 L @ 40% abv. ;-D

SNIP>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I wasnt in Nashville at all actually. My wife and I were at a Smoky Mountain cabin. Very secluded in Wears Valley near Pigeon Forge. We did some wonderful hikes. The whiskey I brought home were George Dickel regular and George Dickel Barrel select. The latter being very sweet and tasting of caramel and fudge. My wife also got a bottle of Blantons Gold at Atlanta airport because she liked the bottle I didnt get an Elvis outfit but did see someone making moonshine whilst the police looked on and laughed at the Cades Cove festival. Seemingly he was allowed to do it, but had to pour it all away afterwards and wasnt allowed to keep it. I did manage to get a small taste though and actually found it to be sweet rather than rough.

Thank you. Its to early for me to hoist one to you, but last night I watched a TV series ( The Tudors) whilst sipping on Helen Arthurs expression of Rosebank. Very nice.

Peace,

Jock

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I have a bottle of Hirsch Canadian 8. See this URL for details:

Sure.

Peace,

Jock

There is some Canadian history to Hirsch, but currently it's a Pennsylvania-based bottler of American whiskies. I think bourbon is their No. 1 product. They appear to buy rye ("Canadian") whiskies to bottle, but don't distill their own. The Americans tend to call rye whiskies "Canadian" whether they're made in Canada or the U.S.

Some information here in the second column:

I've never see a bottle of Hirsch for sale in Canada, and I must confess that I've kept an eye on the whisk(e)y shelves for nigh on 40 years. (Single malts for only 15-20 years. Before that, I had no idea.)

I expect to visit one of our better-stocked liquor stores on Sunday. I'll take some notes on old favourites, and see if there's anything new and interesting-looking.

cheers.

bill

That sounds perfect to me!

I have (half now) a bottle of sourmash moonshine from the Florida backwoods. As you say, it's more sweet than rough, with an indescribably unique flavor! You'll find the recipe at

It sounds like you had a really great time.

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I don't watch much TV, but I drink to make up for the loss! ;-D

Oh? I've never heard that in my life, and my dad and uncles were big rye frinkers in the forties and fifties.

I'm also fairly sure it would be big news to Fritz Maytag. 8;)

-- Larry

Looks like you've got me there. The only examples I can find are of U.S. companies that buy Canadian-distilled whisky and bottle it in the U.S. as Canadian, which is fair enough. Hirsch is one of them; it's apparently distilled at the Glenora distillery, which makes the single malt Glen Breton.

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Hi back atcha Nick!

I have a soft spot in my heart for Crown Royal. My wife and I used to sit down together each evening and have a nice shot of CR together. She actually got me started on it. I gradually moved on to scotch and other whiskies. She now sticks to wine. I never knock "inexpensive" spirits. Some of the best times of my life were enjoyed with friends and a very good bargain spirit. Thank God for them or I'd be drinking a whole lot less (the friends and the bargain spirits :-).

I propose a toast! I raise a glass of Military Special 3 year old blended scotch whisky ($9US) to our brothers-in-arms, past and present. A special dram for my son, a squad leader from the 3rd BN Light Armored Recon Twentynine Palms, CA, currently fighting in Iraq. As a disabled vet myself, I don't have any misunderstandings about what it means to serve. And finally, to you Nick for reminded us with every post to support our veterans.

Happy Drams!

Daniel

UFO, you believe there's UFO in the universe?

Heh. I'm talking about the old Gerry Anderson series.

Jim