Gibson's Finest 12 Year

Canadian

Gibson’s // Canada

  • Cost

  • Distiller Score

    88

  • Avg. Rating

    3.25
    3 out of 5 stars
    ( 109 )

Gibson’s Finest is a blend of grain whiskey (corn), with rye and barley aged in both ex bourbon and new barrels. Founded in Pennsylvania by Scottish immigrant John Gibson as a rye whisky but chased into Quebec due to Prohibition, Gibson's now calls the Hiram Walker distillery in Ontario home.

  • age
    12 Year
  • abv
    40.0
  • Canadian
    DISTILLED IN CANADA AND AGED IN BARRELS FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS; OFTEN (BUT NOT ALWAYS) CANADIAN WHISKIES ARE BLENDS OF CORN, BARLEY, AND RYE WHISKIES WHICH WERE DISTILLED AND MATURED SEPARATELY. TRADITIONALLY, CANADIAN WHISKEY IS CALLED “RYE”, ALTHOUGH NO MINIMUM PERCENTAGE OF RYE-GRAIN WHISKY IS REQUIRED IN A BLEND.
  • Cask Type

Tasting Notes

"Honey and strawberries on the nose. There's also a bit of citrus zest, caramel corn, and it has a waxy astringent character. Lots of rye, bitter orange peel, wood varnish, and caramel come next. Both caramel and strawberry notes assert themselves as it sits. The finish is warm but doesn't stick around very long. A thoroughly pleasing example of a refined, complex, but smooth and familiar tasting Canadian whisky. "

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