pkingmartin
Alberta Premium Cask Strength Rye
Canadian — Alberta, Canada
Reviewed
February 8, 2021 (edited March 15, 2021)
When I first got this bottle, I immediately opened it to try the 2020 Jim Murray whisky of the year. Taking it out of the box, the bottle looks nice, but upon taking the foil off, I notice that the top is a cheap military select vodka plastic screw top; a not-so-premium indicator. Not a great start, but since it’s the liquid that matters, I ignore the cost-cutting measure and pour a glass.
The nose seemed nice with a high alcohol smell but nowhere near the highest proof I’ve had, so nothing I’m not used to. I go in for my taste and immediately think that the Canadians are in league with Murray to export uncut dragon piss for profit. It was napalm on the tongue with some rye spices and in the back of the cabinet it went.
However, many weeks have gone by now and this has opened up nicely. On the nose I now smell tangerine citrus, banana, pumpernickel bread, whipped butter, rich caramel, maple syrup, candied ginger, and black pepper. Tasting it starts with a medium mouthfeel and similar notes with caramel, maple syrup, banana, tangerine citrus, leading to spices of gingerbread cookies, freshly baked pumpernickel bread that’s been covered in whipped butter and finishes with loads of rye, barrel spices, and black pepper coating your mouth, and leaving a medium rye finish.
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@pkingmartin that cocktail sounds amazing .
That old fashioned sounds amazing @pkingmartin :)
@pkingmartin - I haven't tried it with Aztec chocolate bitters but now I will! I usually have used West Indian Orange bitters. Thanks for the suggestion!
@rawalker @robwalker I made a Canadian old fashioned with maple syrup, an orange peel, some Aztec chocolate bitters and some ice, then stir it up.
@pkingmartin- what cocktail did you try? I've discussed in detail with @robwalker (my brother) and we both think this is also spectacular in a cocktail. I like to make it a true Canadian Fashioned and use maple syrup simple syrup for my simple syrup in my old fashioned. I do the easy way with 1 tsp maple syrup and 1 tsp water, microwave for 10s to allow for easy mixing.
@pkingmartin wonderful to hear! definitely a go to for a cocktail for me, not not one I grab regularly neat.... agreed that $100 is steep for it.
@robwalker boredom set in on snow days and tried it in a cocktail. Best cocktail of my life!!! I need this in the 60 dollar range to keep on hand from now on.
Great tasting note. $100 USD is insane. I would not spend that on this bottle even though I think it's great. It's still $59.99 CAD here in BC and I will gladly continue to spend that amount on this bottle!
@robwalker both work. Pretty sure it was less but I bought after the Murray premium kicked in. 65 CDN would be a great price for it. Hopefully after the hype it goes down in price.
deviously was meant to be definitely.... both words work however I suppose
I'm surprised at the $100 USD price tag down there... deviously puts it into a higher price bracket than the $65 CDN price here, which I think is great value for it. it makes a fantastic cocktail, but at $100 USD that could be hard to justify!
Great notes. Looking forward to tasting this, even if it’s matured past the dragon piss stage.