Tastes

3.5/5 - If you like standard Canadian blended whisky, you will like this a lot. Loads of maple, vanilla and sharp ethenol on the nose. Taste is buttery and sweet, goes down smoothly which is important for Canadian blends, at least to me. Compaired this to Wisers deluxe, and it blew the doors of it in terms of refinement and depth of flavor. Not as good as the higher avb/higher rye whiskies but it's a different style. This one is for fans of classic Canadian blended whisky that don't want anything too harsh.

This is my first 18 year old single malt scotch. So 4 stars for now as it's significantly better than anything else in my cabinet... Although my oldest whiskeys besides this are Glengoyn 15, and Johnnie Walker Green 15, this is much better than both of those especially the 2017 Green Lable which is not as Good as the one I bought early 2016. Extremely oaky which is what I like. Wish there was a bit more peat, but other than that, nothing to complain about. Not even the price! $150 Canadian is very reasonable for this.

I remember liking this stuff more a few years back, but that was the start of my journey with Scotch as one of the only ones I was willing to spend the extra 20+ dollars on based on brand name and knowing I liked red lable. What once tasted deep and rich, now tastes grainy and overly sweet. Not much better than bottom shelf. Has the blend changed or has my palate changed? I'm going to assume it has more to do with the higher end scotches I've had over the last few years. Although I am suspicious that bottom shelve whiskies are being intentionally degraded as causal drinkers won't notice and the sippers will pay up as a result, this one is still not bad. Just not as good as I remember it.

This Bourbon is underrated in my opinion. It tastes really mature for a NAS. Also doesn't fall appart when you really get into the refinement like a Makers Mark. Granted this is a 375ml bottle i'm tasting so maybe they put their best stuff in here in the hope's you'll buy a bigger one...I don't know, but it's better than most reviews would suggest. Sweet vanilla carmel and clove is what I get. Char is lower than a lot of bottom shelf Bourbon.

The only problem I have with this whisky is the value. It's 70 dollars at LCBO for a NAS blend. I know prices are going up, especially for peated whisky, but this is just out of control. Clearly trying to cash in on their reputation...The whisky itself is of decent quality, and actually tastes very good but if it weren't on sale I would have never bought it. Johnny walker green is far superior for 10 dollars more imo...Maybe not as much peat but deeper and more intense flavour. You could say it's a blended malt so I shouldn't compare them but they are almost the same price is my point. and that's aged 15 years! Bowmore 12 is a better value and has more peat and flavour in my opinion.

Nothing highland in any way about this. One of the very few whiskys I can't drink. If you want a much better version of a whisky with a similar profile try Auchentochan 12 year old. Happens to be a lowland. Has a similar character but is actually good.

Too sweet for my taste. Not bad but very different. I get a strong clove and nutmeg note with a mild peat which is present but barely featured. and something sweet and fragrant like a perfume which I can't put my finger on. I prefer Islay mist 8 year over this one in the bottom shelf range. It's got more punch and isn't as sweet.

Thoroughly impressed with this stuff even in Ontario where it's nearly $50 per bottle. Unlike so many Canadian rye's Americans use mostly heavily charred virgin oak which ads a very distinctly American profile and often seems a bit boring to my palate as so many American Spirits seem to taste so similar. However this is very unique and well refined. The distiller tasting notes are pretty on point however I would add that I get molases taffy on the nose as well. It also has a sweetness to it that reminds me of some decent Irish whiskies. The actual flavor of rye is more present in this whisky than a lot of Canadian rye's. It's far more robust. I can't compair it to many other american rye's because they are obscenely over priced in Ontario, but I do know that this one is worth the money if you like rye. Not even sure why anyone would mix it... Maybe the price I guess, but don't let that fool you, it's really a sipper in my opinion. I would still take Wiser's dissertation over this for rye, but it's a completely different whisky.

Not sure how i feel about this one. One of the strangest tasting whiskys I've ever tasted. To me it has two distinct notes, which are pepper and vanilla. STRONG vanilla. More than I've ever tasted in a whisky before. I gave it a 3 because sometimes I really enjoy it and other times its just too different and overly sweet on the nose. That being said I think it's really great to have the option of a whisky that tastes like this. It adds to the growing number of completely unique and high quality Canadian spirits.