Pendleton Original Canadian Whisky

Chemical scent and artificial sweetener on the palate. Hard to even enjoy with Cola.

Don’t recommend drinking it without a mixer. Extremely strong after taste. Yuck!

initially smooth, with a light caramel finish

A bit boring. Nothing exciting here. Sweet notes of vanilla and caramel. Simple, easy and approachable.

Meh. This is one of the most generic whiskies I’ve had in a long time. Is there anything bad here per se? Not really...it’s a little raw/underaged around the edges, but not outright offensive. Virtually no nose (other than generically “sweet Canadian”) leads into a kind of boring, but not bad, typical Canadian blend - praline, sweetness, that hard-to-describe note that I only find in Canadian whiskies. Good for mixing drinks; pretty dull on its own.

Strong vanilla

Meh.