Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye

Peaty yet sweet finish

I am grateful to Jim Murray for challenging me to try Northern Harvest by calling it the Best Whisky in the World. It started me on an odyssey through Canadian drams that continues to make me very happy. After four bottles of NH, I can say that one was sublime, two were great, and one was so-so. At its best, NH is somehow delicate, crunchy, aromatic and spicy all at once. This bottle has a lovely sweet banoffee aroma with a palate to match - the biscuity base comes through especially nicely. Sipping on it’s light, not syrupy, but still toasty and delicious with a long finish of baking spices. The best bottle of NH I’ve finished really was among the best on a shelf of 50-odd from Scotland, Canada, Japan and the USA. And it is unquestionably FABULOUS value.

Drinkable but lacks the spice and complexity of other ryes.

Not a true rye mash, was ok

Unique and fresh.