J.P. Wiser's 18 Year

If you're a fan of Canadian whisky as a style--all vanillas and butterscotches, all soft and sweet and mild, with just a hint of rye spice--you'll be a fan of Wiser's 18. That basically describes this juice to a "t". But at 18 years and $65 Cdn., I feel like this whisky ought to be so, so much more interesting than it is. Flavours are vanilla, French vanilla, lemongrass, pencil shavings, ozone, cinnamon and apple. Faint brining spices. A touch of cinnamon, some butterscotch. A touch of maple, and fresh lumber in the finish. Not bad, just very typically Canadian and not even remotely worth the price. Pales in comparison to the cheaper Wiser's Legacy--a legitimately rye heavy, rye forward whisky that could give any American straight rye whiskey a run for its money.