The Best Canadian Rye Whiskies

Produced at the Alberta Distillery in Calgary, this is a 100% rye whisky. Alberta Premium is comprised of two whiskies distilled at different proofs, aged in new and used bourbon barrels for a minimum of 4 years. They are then blended together and aged further. In total, it is at least 5 years old with some whisky older than that in the blend. Note: As of March 2022, this is now available for sale in the US.

This release from Canadian Club is a first for them; a 100% rye release. This rye is distilled at Alberta Distillers then bottled in Walkerville, Ontario. It bears no age statement and is bottled at 40% ABV. Note: This product is sold in Canada as Canadian Club Chairman's Select 100% Rye and was made available there at the end of 2014. This product was released to the U.S. market in June 2016.

This is a 100% rye whisky. It is produced and distilled in Canada, but bottled by the Hood River Distillers in Oregon. Pendleton 1910 is named in honor of the Pendleton Round-Up, a yearly rodeo that occurs in that town in Oregon. 1910 was the first year of the Round-Up.

Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye whisky is a blend made from a 90% rye mashbill. A natural line extension for Crown Royal given the craze for rye and Canada's reputation for producing rye whisky. Crown Royal currently has approximately 2 million barrels of whisky maturing in 46 warehouses in the area around Gimli, Manitoba, Canada.

WhistlePig PiggyBack Rye Whiskey launched in select US markets in 2019 as a permanent addition to the WhistlePig core range. Crafted by the late legendary master distiller Dave Pickerell who passed away in 2018 and master blender Pete Lynch, WhistlePig PiggyBack Rye is a 6 year-old 100% rye whiskey. The shape of the bottle was changed from the standard WhistlePig wide shape to make the bottle easier to handle for bartenders. The pig that adorns the bottle is not wearing the standard WhistlePig top hat, but rather a Stetson hat, Dave's trademark.

This straight rye whiskey is comprised of 100% rye from the Pacific Northwest. Produced in Calgary, this Canadian whiskey is aged in white oak and aged for a minimum of 10 years. William Masterson, the whiskey's namesake, was Canadian born and made a name for himself in the Wild West era as a lawman, gambler, saloon keeper, and friend of Wyatt Earp.

Lot No. 40 Canadian Rye Whisky is distilled at the Hiram Walker Distillery in Windsor, Ontario. Its production is overseen by master blender Dr. Don Livermore. The whisky is made in a 12,000 liter copper pot-still and is 100% rye--90% Canadian rye and 10% malted rye. This whisky is a bit of a re-make of a re-make. Originally distilled at Joshua Booth's farm near Millhaven, Ontario at the end of the American Revolutionary War, Lot No. 40 was created as a tribute to Joshua by Mike Booth his great-great-great-great grand-nephew back in the 1990s. Lot No. 40 is bottled without an age statement at 86 proof.

Sourced from Alberta, Canada where it was distilled and initially aged, Whistlepig 10 Year was first released in summer of 2010. It is made from 100% rye. After aging a total of 10 years with some aging done in Vermont, it was bottled at the Whistlepig Farm at 100 proof.

All Alberta Premium whiskies are made with a 100% Canadian prairie rye mashed in Rocky Mountain water. It’s this combination that has made the distillery one of the biggest producers of rye in the world. In the fall of 2019, the distillery surprised rye fans by releasing a cask strength expression simply pulling uncut rye from their charred barrels. Available across Canada for a limited time. NOTE: As of December 2020, this was released in the US in limited quantities.