From the old world to the new world, making whisky has a long history in North America and is undergoing a revival with craft distilleries creating novel whiskies proving whiskies from these countries are more than just bourbon and rye!
Here are a few explorations…
- Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye 45%, Speed taste + May’18 WL
- Forty Creek Confederation Oak Reserve Bottle #06232 40%
- Gibson’s Finest Venerable 18 year 40%
- Glen Breton 10 year 43%
- Gooderham & Worts Four Grains Canadian Whisky 44.4% + Oct’18
- JP Wiser’s 18 year 40% + Dec’20
- Lohin McKinnon Single Malt Lot 0001 43%
- Shelter Point
- Artisanal Cask Strength (2017 Winter) 57.2%
- Artisanal Cask Strength (2018) 58.7% WL
- Artisanal Cask Strength 10 Year (2021) 57.8% (CA)
- Artisanal Single Malt (2016) 46% (1st Batch) WL
- Artisanal Single Malt (2017) 46%
- Artisanal Single Malt (2018) 46% WL
- Artisanal Single Malt (2020) 46%
- Double Barrelled Single Malt (2017) 50% (Coastal Black’s Blackberry Wine)
- Double Barrelled Single Malt (2018) 50% (Quail’s Gate Pinot Noir) WL
- Double Barrelled Single Malt 6 year (2021) 6th Edition 46% (Coastal Black’s Blackberry Wine) (CA)
- Montfort District Lot 141 Grain (2018) 46% WL
- Montfort District Lot 151 Single Grain Whisky (2020) 46% (CA)
- 7 year Single Cask #5 (2020) 43% (CA)
- “The Collective” (2020) 46% (CA)
- “The Forbidden” 6 year (2021) Batch 2 47% (CA)
- Sheringham William’s White double distilled grain whisky 2015 Batch 1308 45% WL
- Wayne Gretzky No 99 Red Cask Whisky 40%
- 24 year Bourbon No 1 48% (That Boutique-y Whisky Company)
- 1792 Ridgemont Reserve 46.85%
- A.D. Laws Four Grain Straight Bourbon (Batch 8) 47.5% WL
- AD Laws Hordeum Straight Malt 2 year (Batch #1B) 42.5% WL
- AD Laws Triticum Straight Wheat 2 year (Batch #1B) 50% WL
- AD Laws Secale Rye 2 year 50% 375 ml (IN)
- Angel’s Envy Rum Finished Rye 50%
- Balcones Single Malt 53%
- Basil Hayden’s 40%, Basil Hayden’s Dark Rye 40%
- Bib & Tucker 10 year 66.6%
- Black Maple Hill 47.5%
- Blanton’s Single Barrel Bourbon + Blanton’s Bourbon (Dumped 5-25-17, Barrel No 424, Warehouse H, Ruch No 47) 93 Proof
- Breaker Bourbon Port Barrel Finish Batch No 5 45%
- Breckenridge Special Release 43%
- Buffalo Trace 40%
- Bulleit Frontier Whiskey 10 year Kentucky Straight Bourbon 45.6%
- Cascadia Rye (Portugues Port Barrels) 43.5%
- Cleveland Underground AP Bourbon Whiskey finished with Apple Wood, Batch 3, 45%
- Clyde May’s Straight Bourbon Recipe No 2 46%
- Cody Road 100% Rye 40%
- Corsair Hydra 42%, Corsair Triple Smoke 40%, Batch 162, Bottle 153 of 450
- Elmer T Lee 45%
- Elijah Craig 12 year 47%
- FEW Bourbon 46.5%
- Four Roses Small Batch Bourbon 45%
- Heaven Hill Marsala Hogshead Finish 46.5%, Heaven Hill 8 Year Old “Revival” 2009 (cask 152736) 63.5% – The Higginbottom
- Heaven’s Door Straight Rye Whiskey 43%
- High West Whiskey Double Rye 46%
- Hudson Baby Bourbon 46% + Single Malt Whiskey (2014) 46% WL
- Jack Daniels Old No 7 40% WL
- Jefferson’s Kentucky Straight Bourbon Very Small Batch 41.14%
- Jim Beam White Label 4 year WL + Beam’s Choice 8 year, 1980
- Knob Creek Straight Rye Whiskey 50%, Knob Creek 9 year 50% WL
- Legent Two True Legends Finished in Wine and Sherry Cask 47% – Kentucky Straight Bourbon
- Mitcher’s Small Batch 45.7%
- New Riff Kentucky Straight Rye 50%
- Pikesville 110 Proof Straight Rye 55%
- Pine Barrens Single Malt (Batch 13) 47.5% WL
- Russell’s Reserve 10 year 45%
- Rough Rider ‘Bull Moose’ Three Barrel Rye 45%
- St George Single Malt Whiskey 43%
- Stagg 64.75%
- Stranahan’s Original (Batch 182), Bottle 0796, 47% WL
- Col E. H. Taylor Small Batch 59% + Barrel Proof 63.6%
- Virgil Kaine 2016 Ashcat 45.6% WL
- Wasmund’s 12 month 48%
- Westland
- Whistle Pig Rye 50%, Whistle Pig 10 Year Old 54.3% (Drinks By The Dram Exclusive)
- Wilderness Trail Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Rye 56.5%
- Willett Pot Stilled Reserve 47%
- WL Weller Special Reserve 45%
- Woodford Reserve (Batch 133) 43.2% WL
Whisky Liqueurs
More North American whisky posts:
- 1602 Dundas in Toronto
- Crown Royal plant, Gimli, Manitoba, Canada
- Getting distracted by a Winnipeg Liquor Mart
- Winnipeg Whisky Bar (aka The Toad in the Hole)
- Winnipeg’s The Cabinet “Peat” Evening
North American evenings:
- American minis – Hudson Baby Bourbon 46%, TBWC 24 year Bourbon No 1 48%, Balcones Single Malt 53%, Whistle Pig Rye 50%
- BMC explores Kentucky Rye – Basil Hayden’s Dark Rye 40%, New Riff Kentucky Straight Rye 50%, Wilderness Trail Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Rye 56.5%, Angel’s Envy Rum Finished Rye 50%
- BMC’s Bourbon Night – Four Roses Small Batch 45%, Clyde May’s Straight Bourbon Recipe No 2 46%, Breaker Bourbon Port Barrel Finish Batch No 5 45%, Bib & Tucker 10 year 66.6%
- Whisky Ladies Canadian Shelter Point Quartet – Artisanal Single Malt (2018) 46%, Montfort District Lot 141 Grain (2018) 46%, Double Barrelled French Oak Cask Single Malt (2018) 50%, Artisanal Cask Strength (2018) 58.7%
- Bombay Malt & Cigar’s Canadian Club – Gooderham & Worts Four Grains 40%, Gibson’s Finest Venerable 40%, JP Wiser’s 18 year 40%, Lohin McKinnon Single Malt Lot 0001 43%
- Bourbon Cocktail Hour in Bombay! FEW Bourbon 46.5% + Manhattan, Mitcher’s Small Batch 45.7% + Sazerac, Cleveland Underground Apple Wood Bourbon 45% + Whiskey Sour
- O Canada – Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye 45%, Gooderham & Worts Four Grains Canadian Whisky 44.4%, Wayne Gretzky No 99 Red Cask Whisky 40%, Shelter Point Single Malt Whisky 46% (Batch 2, 2017), Barrel of Sunshine Liqueur 30%
- BMC goes Bourbon – Jefferson’s Kentucky Straight Bourbon 41.14%, St George 43%, Blanton’s, Stagg 64.75%
- Rye Night – Cody Road Rye (Iowa), Cascadia Rye (Português Port Barrels) 43.5% (Washington), High West Whiskey Double Rye 46% (Utah)
- BMC Westland Trio – Peated 46%, American Oak 46%, Sherry Wood 46%
- DISCUS American bourbon, rye and cocktails – Old Fashioned, Manhattan, Mint Julep, The Ginger Baker, Spiced Boulevardier
- Whisky Ladies “Not your average N American whiskey…” Canada’s Shelter Point, AD Laws + Westland
- Whisky ladies go west! Pine Barrens, Stranahan’s Original, Westland Sherry Wood, A.D. Laws Four Grain, Woodford Reserve + Ole Smoky Moonshine
- Whisky Ladies go American! Jack Daniels Old No 7, Hudson Single Malt, Jim Bean, Knobs Creek 9 year (Shatbhi Basu, DISCUS)
- Bring on the bourbon and rye! Blanton’s Single Barrel Bourbon, Russell’s Reserve, Rough Rider Bull Moose Three Barrel Rye, Breckenridge Special Release
- Kentucky Straight Bourbon: Elijah Craig, WL Weller Special Reserve, 1792 Ridgemount Reserve, Buffalo Trace + Blanton’s Single Barrel Bourbon
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