Woodinville 100% Rye + Canadian Club 100% Rye Whisky Review 

Absolutely. I love visiting that distillery for a tasting. They're always happy to let you try the experimental stuff instead of the standard menu if show interest. Every so often I'll head out that way with the wifey and hit a winery for a bite, then head by the distillery afterwards, have a nice tasting of some interesting whiskey, and always go home with a bottle of the Cask Strength Rye. Makes for a great outing!

Craft doesn’t refer to market size but rather “do we cut corners to cater to dumb consumers instead of sticking to our guns”

And as long as they are stuck drinking budget bottles like this that's not going to change.

Definitely, I followed up a bottle of Lot 40 with the 100% Rye, and my goodness the lot 40 is 10x the whisky for like ten bucks more.

The Vault. It's bigger on the outside...

oh its happening....its much different than scottish/irish peat but there is some stuff being made with it

That would be Alberta Premium Cask Strength Rye.

It's the same old rye/corn caramel flavor, but at least it's a lot cleaner. 40 Creek double barrel is similar, but also had a bit of apple in the finish which I assume is from the barley

@@jarvy251 Amazing what a few extra years in the barrel can do! I've always gotten a distinct malty note from the 12. According to what I've read they use corn, rye, rye malt and barley malt in mashbill, each distilled separately then blended in the barrel. Apparently they use recharred ex-bourbon barrels. Being a Beam/Suntory product they're probably Jim Beam or Makers Mark barrels.

Thanks carbon tex

Our big distillers do, anyway. It's appalling how lazy they are.

Its funny because most of all the great Canadian whisky we keep here ourselves. We love when the rest of the world tastes the crap the big players release outside Canada to perpetuate the myth. Means the good good stays here for us.

@@DarkCloudWhisky Yes, Oh, I'm sure you have your gems (although you should share). We can find good Canadian whisky, all over in the Midwest anyway, but it's usually jacked up in price. The "regular retainers" usually carry the basic stuff. (btw, I love Canadian Whisky and coke :) Cheers !!

@thickerliquor If governments weren't so greedy I would absolutely love to share some of the best. Maybe one named after me (that I blended)

@DarkCloudWhisky Right on, brother! But tonight, ironically, I'm drinking some Irish whiskey, LOL, you can't make that stuff up! Neither Canadian nor American, but Thicker Liquor approved. Haha.

I think it's mostly the note you find in column still and used bourbon barrels. It's the same note in Irish and Scottish grain whisky. But in Canada, it seems to dominate even more for some reason - Daniel

@@WhiskeyVault high abv distilled corn.

Yes! Love this. All of those things would change the final spirit. We did in with one of the products at Crowded Barrel once because the grains were so varied the fermentations were all over the map when mixed together. So we fermented all the grains separately, the combined the wort for still runs. Would could have distilled separately as well. that's a lot like what Canada does at some distilleries. All of those things would change the final product.

Have you tried Lot 40. I quite enjoy it.

@@RealJahzir Noted, and ta! next bottle to grab

There's a load of craft single malts that are very good, but good luck getting them! If you can get a bottle of Magnotta 271 10 year, you won't be disappointed.

@@jarvy251Oh LCBO, you are... yeah

@@hevytimes Yep. The worst part is they treat provincial borders like they're national borders, it's asinine

Tbf cc is mediocre, lot 40 is a much better Canadian rye

I have some lot 40 on the go right now. 100% pot distilled, all new oak barrels, and 43%

@@fenxis Forty Creek Masters Cut is a nice pore

@@flmacphee1158Forty Creek is making amazing whiskey.

The big distillers are trash, even we think so, and Canadian Club is a budget brand.

the stuff they sell outside canada generally is, the stuff we keep to ourselves....you would be shocked

@@DarkCloudWhisky The stuff they sell to Americans is usually so bad they don't even try to sell it here.

No, the stuff in Canada still sucks. Don’t play that game. I spend a LOT of time in Canada and drink “their” stuff. Much of what they dump in America is almost criminally bad (the very low priced crap) but they simply make bad whiskey. Sorry. It’s bad. Across the board. Some rare exceptions, that prove the rule, are all attempts to mimic American bourbons and (recently) ryes. Of course, whiskey is about taste and tastes vary. Canadian whiskey is proof that tastes vary A LOT. As in a whole country decided to put up with really, really, really bad stuff just to drink alcohol. Russia’s worse, if it’s any consolation… 😂

@@tommyrq180 naw fam. You don't have a clue what you are talking about sorry