Pike Creek 10 Year Old Canadian Whisky, 70cl

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Almost like medicine from when you were a kid, but the good kind that you kept trying to break into the drug cabinet for. If you have questions regarding the collection and use of your personal information please contact LCBO’s Freedom of Information and Privacy Office: 100 Queens Quay East, 9th Floor, Toronto, ON, M5E 0C7, foi. Tasting Notes "The port wood influence is strong and pleasant on the nose, suggesting raisins and ripe red fruits.

I think too many times as product developers we look for the exotic when designing whiskies and we miss the forest for the trees," admits Livermore. Livermore selected a bond of double-distilled corn whisky that had been ageing in ex-Canadian whisky barrels for fifteen years for finishing. Also sign me up for newsletters so I can get special offers, recommendations, and expert advice to my inbox! Pike Creek is a new-ish product, having come out only a couple of years ago, from Corby Distilleries.About a year later the Cabernet Sauvignon casks yielded 2,058 bottles of Pike Creek, exclusive to the LCBO. Featured at World Whisky Day 2017: Pike Creek is a relatively newer Canadian spirit that first saw light of day several years ago when the spirit was finished in Port casks and released by Corby Distillers along with Lot 40.

The Definitive Guide to Canadian Distilleries is a beautiful book, part tasting guide and part roadmap to over 250 of Canada's operating distilleries, large and small. The winery and the distillery swapped barrels a second time in June 2019 with the winery's Cabernet Sauvignon barrels travelling from Niagara to the Pike Creek warehouses. The above-noted alcohol content may differ from the alcohol content displayed on the bottle label due to the timing of changes in vintage dates or production lot codes. I really, really hope that the new 10 year-old rum finished version of this is an improvement, but I’m now gun-shy about putting down actual money to try it.

There is a wood note (oak sugars) which is welcome, but the cheap vodka flavor invades quickly, as does the aspartame and candy notes. The one, and only, piece of good news: This stuff can be successfully drowned in a cocktail with enough bitters and ice.

The rum provides a heavy influence, and I’d wonder at what it was hiding if the spirit weren’t sold with the age statement it is. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. The US version is younger because the producer felt that demand for the new brand would outstrip supply.

Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. Dark honey and mild tobacco appear late on the palate as the beautiful oak structure hits with soft oak tannins and a peck of rock sugar that drifts all the way from Windsor to Niagara. This cookie is set by Rubicon Project to control synchronization of user identification and exchange of user data between various ad services. It’s a light but well-flavored whisky that should please both regular whisky drinkers (for the variety) and newcomers to the dram. The label, which is topped off by an awkward twine knot, is a word salad of trendy whisky phrases: “Finished”, “Vintage”, “Port Barrels”, “Double Barrel”, and “Crafted by the Elements”.