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There was a time, in the decades after Prohibition, when Canadian whisky was all the rage in America, when a bottle of Crown Royal sat on the bar cart of any serious imbiber. But by the time the renaissance in whiskey making and drinking began in the early 2000s, the Canadian product had long ago been dismissed as bland and bottom-shelf.
It's a story that Davin de Kergommeaux, a whiskey writer in Ottawa, knows all too well. When he published his book "Canadian Whisky: The Portable Expert" in 2012, it was the first serious guide to the category in decades — not that anyone noticed. He would give seminars at whiskey festivals and be lucky if a few dozen people showed up.
"I was very much a voice in the wilderness," he said during a recent visit to New York.
That's starting to change. Canadian whiskys are winning awards and fans as drinkers curious about the next development in whiskey turn their eyes north. In October, Mr. de Kergommeaux published a fully revised and greatly expanded edition of his book, and he is once again on the festival circuit, getting a much different reception.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/dining/drinks/canadian-whiskey-crown-royal-comeback.html
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 14 2018, @03:48AM (13 children)
Rye whiskey is superior, certainly against corn whiskey (bourbon), and malt whiskey (Irisih/Scottish).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 14 2018, @03:53AM (6 children)
I'm no whiskey expert. Please define your meaning of "superior" in this context.
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 14 2018, @03:59AM (5 children)
"Superior" in the sense whiskey is superior to rum. Corn is all too much sugar.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday January 14 2018, @11:25AM (4 children)
You realize proper distillation makes all whiskey pretty much tasteless until you add flavoring, yes? Alcohol and water molecules do not care if they came from corn, barley, or potatoes.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Sunday January 14 2018, @04:49PM
Not whiskey's fault vodka isnt aged in glorious charred oak barrels.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 3, Informative) by lentilla on Sunday January 14 2018, @11:47PM
Not all whisky is "properly distilled".
Where fractionating columns are used, the distillate is almost flavourless - but many types of whisky rely on having significant components of the fermentation come through. To this day, many whisky manufacturers continue to use the simple and relatively imperfect "pot" stills and the resulting distillate retains flavours from the original fermentation, even before it begins its period of aging in casks.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 15 2018, @06:49AM
Maybe that's true for whiskey or vodka but the process for whisky is different from what you mentioned:
https://www.whisky.com/information/knowledge/science/study-on-the-chill-filtration-of-scotch-single-malt-whiskies/peated-and-unpeated-whiskies.html [whisky.com]
See other: https://www.bruichladdich.com/article/how-does-peat-get-whisky [bruichladdich.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 15 2018, @05:08PM
As the posters below the parent have stated, this is not true at all.
Otherwise, all distilled spirits would taste the same unless you added things after the distillation process.
For example, tequila, rum, whiskey, brandy would all taste the same. The ones without barrel aging would all taste like vodka, while the barrel aged ones would all taste like just barrel.
If you don't ACTUALLY KNOW something, don't suppose that your simplified theory is a substitute for actual knowledge on the subject.
(Score: 2, Informative) by captain normal on Sunday January 14 2018, @04:51AM (3 children)
It is not Scottish. It is Scotch. And it is made from malted Barley. There is no finer whisky.
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts"- --Daniel Patrick Moynihan--
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 14 2018, @05:28AM
There is no finer assortment of molecules suspended in a liquid! And there never will be!
(Score: 3, Funny) by dwilson on Monday January 15 2018, @04:16AM
Yes there is. It's called Rye Whisky. The world knows it as Canadian Whisky. Like the article said, far superior.
And if them's ain't fightin' words enough, vim > emacs...
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(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday January 16 2018, @06:37AM
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(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 14 2018, @04:41PM
Are you me? Old Overholt is more drinkable than bourbons twice its price and it is almost as cheap as the Canadian swill that the homeless steal (don't even mention the Tennessee marketing meme).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 16 2018, @08:11PM
I remember too back in the 70s/80s, there were very strong opinions on which was superior: Budweiser or Miller.