Crown Royal Deluxe

It's not horrid. The smelling notes leave you thinking it'll be a pack of fruit and vanilla, but the actual taste doesn't quite hit home. Getting mostly clove, light touches of vanilla and maybe a light fruit like an apple. It delivers as I would expect it for the price. Worth a grab if you just want to have a Canadian in the cabinet.

A subtly sweet and fruity nose, with floral top notes, a bit of ethanol, green apple, unripe nectarine, and even some Concord grape. Base notes include soft vanilla taffy, caramel cream chews, and a sprinkling of oaky spice. Sweet and mild to the taste at first, with thin caramel, stone fruit with vanilla cream, and a drop of citrus. Then spice erupts, first in the form of cinnamon, and then zesty rye with a pinch of red pepper heat, but then it subsides rather quickly. Light to medium bodied, with an interesting texture that transforms from almost watery to downright velvety as it rests in the mouth. Legs are fairly quick but attractive, like beads of melting wax dripping down a candle. The finish is short in its intensity, mildly spicy, with sweet vanillin, a touch of banana, maple, a little lingering cinnamon warmth and just a hint of nutty oak. A very pleasant dram, albeit a bit watered down. Although, I imagine if the proof were much higher the ethanol might become harsh acetone. It’s a sweet treat best enjoyed neat. Nose: 8 Taste: 8 Body: 8 Finish: 8

Bland

Very soft but very enjoyable light malt taste and apple/pear in background. Really enjoy mouth feel and how easy it drinks.

Very pedestrian smell. Light smell, slight sweetness. Super light taste. Extremely mellow. No aftertaste which is respectable. Little maple and sweet but not very much.