Loving Daniel Month! I’m a nerd about history, interesting facts and stories- relatively new to the Tribe and am enjoying new discoveries in whisky, thanks to Rex and Daniel
Very happy to see the Lohin McKinnon on here. I really wish Theresa could have sent you some of their other expressions. They have a Wine Barrel Finish, and a chocolate malt, and a special one that they did for Canada's 150th birthday, which was a blend of Lightly Peated Malt and Rye. That one was a limited release, although there still seems to be some stock left. I was lucky enough to get 2 bottles of it, so I'm set for a while. Cheers!
I was surprised and really glad to hear y'all liked Lohin McKinnon. I really like it. It's not complex and hardcore, but there is a time and place for smooth and sweet (for me anyway). I'm not sure if y'all check on comments from old videos, but I'd sure love to hear your take on the Lohin McKinnon Chocolate Malt. Thanks for all the great reviews and shenanigans!
Another advantage of the Canadian distillation style is that you can use specialized brewing and distilling techniques for each type of grain to maximize the potential for each grain before blending them.
I can't stop picturing that scene of Canadian goons you described XD TL;DR Rex is the channel's Watson figure. Side note, I think this is episode (and really most of Daniel month) is a good example of why it's good Rex doesn't really listen. I must've heard that Canadian blending explanation at least 5 other times on this channel so I kinda tuned it out. But every episode could be someone's first, so in terms of a show format, info is way more accessible if the person learning is just as excited as the person teaching, which you can't do if they've heard it all before. I think Rex had explained this once before on the show, but I've occasionally seen newcomers to the channel think that he's actually that ignorant of whiskey. Thankfully at least a few stick around long enough to know he's playing dumb to make them feel smart.
So, I just want you to know the irony of my situation. I'm from Vancouver, BC. I only started liking whiskey 3 years ago, and scotch is now my whiskey of preference. I started (binge) watching Whiskey Vault and Whiskey Tribe about 3 months ago.... I now go to you guys for recommendations on Canadian Whiskey (away from Crown and Canadian Club)......... Love the channel! PS: visited Austin to visit my best friend. Austin is a fantastic city as well!
Glenora Inn & Distillery is beautiful, especially in the fall. They have a nice bar and serve craft brews from around Nova Scotia. I recommend visiting.
Nice shout out to Davin. Met him a few times and had the chance to have him host a Glen Grant tasting (Gord & McPhail old bottling collection) and by far the best story teller / historian type of tasting I’ve ever been a part of. Cheers
Hey guys! I just started getting into whiskies! What started it was taking a tour At Litchfield Distillery out of Litchfield Connecticut 3 months ago. I tasted their bourbons and liked all of them! I then came across this Chanel and have learned so much from you two! Thanks for doing the Lord’s work! Lastly you guys should do a video on the bourbons from Litchfield Distillery. Would love to hear your thoughts on them!
If all the categories of whiskies, Canadian is probably the one I’ve neglected the most. But, I’ve been thinking about heading up north to visit some distilleries and a few fellow whisky tubers... maybe this summer after I get back from Scotland.
Hey Guys good review. I looked up the peated Glenora whisky on there website, that is a hell of a gift you were given, as that Whisky sells in Canada for $130.00 a bottle, hope you enjoy it!!!
Also Forty Creek Copper Pot is quite nice, as is Canadian Club Classic 12 (My go-to for a reasonable mixer) Wolfhead Apple Caramel is also a good standin for Fireball. Super sugary though, but the finish is impossible to miss, haha.
I'd love to see a video on your favourite Speyside whiskies. I generally lean towards smoky Islay scotches or some good bourbon, I haven't enjoyed the Speysides as much. I'd like to know more about some quality options out there and start enjoying this category more.
We have such a thing in Belgium. There is that flamish named Het Anker brewery that make the Gouden Carolus beer that is excellent. (of cours it's excellent, it's belgian beer, duh !) They added a distillery not too long ago and make a whisky that they finish in their own beer cask. It is pretty good ! Oh and it is also named the Gouden Carolus single malt. So yeah, try it!
Just looked the Gleann Dubh up and it's over $130 a bottle! It better be good. The Lohin McKinnon is half of that. I'm guessing the first isn't twice as good as the second.
BTW...I've got a Cask Strength Canadian Malt from Vancouver Island to bring you in a few weeks :-) Haven't tried it myself, but their standard malt reminds me of an unpeated Highland Island Scotch.
Canadian Whisky Smith you do! Also from Vancouver Island! I will be reviewing their Ancient Grains Whisky very soon on my channel 😁 Google: “de Vine Wine & Spirits. Spirits are actually their staple and biggest seller.
I sooo want to like Glen Breton products ... I like the Ice Wine Cask finished versions better, but I have never tried their peated runs ... but, generally, even though I am from Nova Scotia, I just can't get on board. By the by, "Nova Scotia" means "New Scotland" in Latin and is the recognized English-language name for the province. In both French and Scottish Gaelic, the province is directly translated as "New Scotland" (French: Nouvelle-Écosse. Gaelic: Alba Nuadh). Also, random knowledge, there are A LOT of redheads in Nova Scotia .. especially in Cape Breton.
Have you guys ever considered doing a comparison between bottles from the same distillery, but from different companies? e.g. ardbeg 10 during Allied and Ardbeg 10 during Glenmorangie?
@@Brian-vz5cu when I moved away from North York there was 12 murders In the area. Three kids were killed in a bus shelter 50 feet from my house. There are assholes everywhere man. No it ain't New Jersey or fucking Los Cabos, Mexico but assholes are EVERYWHERE.
burgeoning? does Daniel have word of the day toilet paper? i am loving Daniel month as well as a huge shout out to Rex for his nosing/ tasting skills and his ability to follow Daniel's stories have improved immensely! Awesome work gentlemen...😄
alright you bastards; i have been a fan for awhile and finally decided to sub. I started out my journey with crown and went on to other Canadian blends, you guys got me into other whiskey with your beginners whiskey video starting with monkey shoulder. i have now started into the smokey whisky and found this video interesting; current smokey whiskeys i drink is walker black and connemara. I would like to go to the next level or even try something along the lines of those 2 for my next smokey dram. what do you recommend? and yes Rex you can taste those to get a better idea of the flavors; or just ask Danial with the elephant memory.
Canadian Whiskey can only be so popular because of wells at bars right? I don't know anyone that has ever purchased any Canadian whiskey except Crown Royal, and I have never met anyone that buys Crown Royal regularly. It must just be that if you order a whiskey cocktail at a bar and do not specify the whiskey, that they will just give you some cheap crap like Canadian Club or Black Velvet. Because even when I go to liquor stores, they will have a huge Scotch section, a huge Bourbon section, a decent sized Irish whiskey section, a decent sized non-bourbon American whiskey section, and a tiny little section for Canadian, and it is just the entire line of Crown Royal and a few other cheap things. At the nearest two Total Wines to where I live, there are bigger Japanese whiskey sections than Canadian whiskey (unfortunately they do not carry any Japanese Single Malts), so it has to just be that every bar is using Black Velvet or Canadian Club as their well whiskey.
Crown Royal does make up a huge portion of Canadian whisky sales in America. Texas has about 10 million fewer people than Canada. yet more Crown Royal is sold in Texas than is sold in the entirety of Canada in a given year.
Distilling just one grain and then blending them together with other one grains. Is that something that you could get away with here in the USA? If so if the final blend it 51% corn and new barrels during aging could you call it bourbon or would it be American Whiskey?
An American distiller can absolutely make that, but it could not be called "bourbon." But as long at 51% of the liquid qualifies as "bourbon" the final blended product would be classified as "blended bourbon."
Well no, the price went down for them because the demand was on their side as well and the "Gangsters/goons" had all the leverage. So more so than "I have the guns, you don't 'negotiate' with me" it was more like "Well, YOU get you whisky into the US then and risk ending up in prison, since you don't want to conform to our prices." So it just made business sense to get at least 15% for 100% their product, versus 100% of nothing.
Compass Box Spice Tree is aged in casks that have staves from one style and heads that are different. (John Glaser wanted to do it differently, but the SWA told him no.) Amrut has their Spectrum, which I believe uses 3 different styles of staves cobbled together to make a special cask. And there is a third example, but I can't recall what it is. Where they have a smaller cask essentially inside the main cask (I think that's what Spice Tree was supposed to be, but when they got shut down, someone else ran with the idea...I'm thinking it was an American whiskey).
@@canadianwhiskysmith6453 ist spice tree just a series of different Whiskys ? Didnt find some with hybrid barrels. Just the normal tree and extravaganza
@@Mangela_Erkel I believe Spice Tree is part of Compass Box's standard line. They did release the Extravaganza as a special edition, which includes whisky aged in ex-sherry casks. Compass Box is all about the transparency, so they have a lot of info on their website. They have Fact Sheets for both Spice Trees that you can download. The Spice Tree malt blend combines Scotch aged in traditional casks as well as Scotch aged in their hybrid casks (American Oak staves, European Oak barrel heads). Spice Tree: www.compassboxwhisky.com/whiskies/index.php?id=8 Extravaganza: www.compassboxwhisky.com/whiskies/index.php?id=18
@@canadianwhiskysmith6453 been a while, but i found one! The Kinahan Kasc. They use Hybrid Barrels Made of 5 Types of Oak and Chestnut. And i tasted it. Its truely one of a kind. Not the best i ever had but worth to explore.
I can't believe you guys pull in almost 24 thousand dollars - a month - from Patreon and people still send you in free Whiskey. Love the channel but wish you would list the whiskeys talked about in the description below the video.
Hello Gentlemen, I’m just wondering if there’s any distilleries in the states doing what we’re doing up here in Canada? With the whole aging grains separately, and then blending them after aging?
Lagavulin only makes Scotch Malt. The only grain in their mash is malted barley. However, all Scotch is a mix, unless it is specifically labelled as a single cask. For Lagavulin, they blend together various casks of aged spirits to dial in the flavour profile. Whatever the age statement will determine how low they go :-) Laga 16 could have whisky that is far older than 16 years old, but it will never be less than 16 years. For consistency, the specific whiskies will be different every time.
are the new distilleries using bottle shapes like Balvenie and Aberlour...like to be more acceptable ? , more in the hand crafted style should be serious whisky...like JW Swing ...so does the shape Crown Royal less credible ? or like wine shape bottles used for the true serious blends or single whiskys..?does it work ? sales sales!!! Salut bastards..!!
I think Balvenie and Aberlour, people see them as typical scotch bottle shapes, while JW Swing and Crown Royal, they look more like cognac bottles, which many people see as being more fancy. I don't think it makes them less credible, but many whisky fans don't take CR seriously because they think it's too expensive for what it is. But, the fanciness of the bottle, and the bag it comes in, is what makes it sell well with the general public Salut!
Hey everyone, Check out www.eauclairedistillery.ca I work here as a Distiller. We're in Alberta Canada and we produced the first ever Small Single Malt in Alberta. Love these two guys Daniel and Rex their energy for Whisky is awesome.
This channel has gotten exceedingly boring during the historical dissertation of Daniel month. Will start watching again in April or when Rex puts a stop to this.
