We all stereotype. Yes, it's human. After my last few Canadians (Crown Royal Northern Harvest and Crown Royal Noble Collection), I was led to believe all Canadian whiskey is affordable and very good. Stereotyping. It's like assuming just because macaroons, mousse, and cassoulet are good French dishes, all French cuisine must be good. Till you run into the Ortolan (Google it...horrifying ). This here is pretty bad. First of all, let's talk about how it's made. It's about 90% of 50/50 rye from a pot still and column still. The other 8-9% or so is from bourbon. And the remaining 1% from Sherry. Not Sherry cask, but actual Sherry. As in the wine itself. I can imagine the Nazi like Scotch whisky association screaming blasphemy. So what does it taste like? Like when a bunch of frat boys decide to mix their leftover liquor to create the next evening special. I had this at a local tasting, where the guy was selling me on the point that it's one of the few whiskies under $30. The kicker was that he had this tasting along with Crown Royal Northern. Sort of like good Canadian and bad Canadian. The only positive is the color. Really nice mahogany dark tea like color. They might as well have injected 0.5% squid ink for the color. Just for kicks.