Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye

Solid rye whiskey.

Very tasty. Great shipping whiskey

Fruity smell. Oak and cinnamon aftertaste

Spice, but after opening up a bit.

For a family get together, one of my brothers picked up this Northern Harvest and was raving about it from previous bottles. After he opened it and poured us all a glass, we all experienced whiskey face followed by stating our tasting notes of licking Crest toothpaste off a two by four and eating sidewalk chalk that was flavored with wintergreen. The bottle then came home with me to add to the liquor cabinet and sat in the back for months before @ctbeck11 was gracious enough to take it to allow precious bottle space. I took a sample of it to review and since @ctbeck11 shared his thoughts, why not add on mine. The nose is very welcoming with some butterscotch and winter spices then some light floral notes followed by fruits of poached pear and tangerine that fades to spices of wintergreen and pine with light ethanol burn. The taste is a thin mouthfeel starting with light caramel covered poached pears and tangerine then light vanilla floral followed by a mild spice that fades to wintergreen lifesaver and pine tree syrup with light ethanol burn. The finish is short and chalky with notes of sautéed apple, tangerine, butterscotch, wintergreen and burnt pine. This has drastically opened up since that first encounter that is fairly easy to drink with a mild and drying chalky finish. So, this is coming in right around average for me, but this is also a bottle that will only cost you $30 and I think that is a triumph. Honestly, this is an inexpensive bottle that you can pick up, enjoy and drink with friends and let everyone enjoy it mixed, neat or even jello shots. Hell, this is one of those drinks that you grab one to take to a Spring Break bender where you meet several girls, unfortunately yet very accurately named with stripper names, that tell you they only strip to pay for college, yet their parents are really picking up the tab, who decide a glencairn is a boring drinking style and shove your glassware to the side before filling their navels with the rye, instantly making this more of a 5-star dram. Yeah, it’s that style of drink in which you just have fun with it and once it’s emptied just buy another because it is good enough, inexpensive and readily available.