Forty Creek Confederation Oak Reserve

very sweet, lots of vanilla, oak finish

Delish. Has that 40 Creek caramel oak, dark flavour but more complex, delicate, light and rounded, and full of lovely butter scotch flavours! Buttery smooth mouth feel too. Love it.

Velvety smooth

Forty Creek has had a good run over the last 10 years with its popularity catching on and allowing it to expand into the premium bottle territory. This Canadian whisky is smooth, minuscule burn (barely taste it) and a pleasant oak taste, but not over powering. It’s stored in bourbon barrels for four years and then stored in white oak barrels for another two. For a six year old whisky and a price tag of $69.95 CND, i would say that is the only downfall with this dram. Although the abv is only 40.5%, the oak really pushes this through to a “buy me once” and move on to something else in there lineup. An odd thing i noticed was the way the store this product is used in reverse for making another fortey creek whisky called Double Barrel. The price point for that one is $10 cheaper. I guess depending on your preference of enjoying oak vs a bourbon finish may depend on which one you may prefer. All in all, fortey creek makes some wonderful products. For a rye and if you are a collector, i would recommend this as a one time purchase if you enjoy less bite and more flavours.