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Alberta Premium Cask Strength Rye Whiskey Review

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GSN Review: Alberta Premium

GSN Review: Alberta Premium

Alberta Distillers Ltd, one of the first distilleries to create a true 100% rye whisky, recently announced the introduction of their signature core expression, Alberta Premium to the U.S. for the first time. This stateside launch follows the successful relaunch of Alberta Premium Cask Strength Rye into the U.S. in 2021. The premium 100% Canadian rye whisky currently boasts the title of the No. 1…

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GSN Spirited News: March 8th 2022 Edition

Louisville, Kentucky’s Barrell Craft Spirits has released Batch 32, the latest from the luxury-focused whiskey blender. The thirty-second batch is blended from Tennessee-, Kentucky-, and Indiana-distilled Bourbon with the selected barrels at 5-, 6-, 7-, and 10-years old. The 57.67% abv Bourbon is bottled at cask strength and retails for around $90 a bottle. Frankfort, Kentucky-based Castle & Key…

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Jim Murray was cancelled for comparing fine malts to sensual lovers

Jim Murray (pictured), from Northamptonshire, is the author of the Whisky Bible and spent the past 14 months sifting through the wreckage of

Jim Murray is an old guy who writes sexually suggestive reviews about whiskey and publishes it as a bible. Ewwww on many levels! It's not surprising a "Man" his age wouldn't view the objectification of women as a negative. Women have traditionally, biblically, been objects, if objects of love and affection, in our patriarchy. I'm sure JM loves women, and whisky, and hats...

Full disclosure, I usually pay little attention to whisk/ey reviews. What something tastes like to others, is irrelevant to me. However, I've always been a fan of Alberta rye. Until recently it was usually sold and most lauded under American labels like Whistle Pig, Mastersons, or Jeffersons etc. So when JM anointed the Alberta Premium his whisky of the year, in his Whisky bible, I noticed.

After that, for much of the year I spotted it only on the top shelf usually behind the counter with allocated bourbons. I once asked and was told it was priced at $189. I laughed out loud. The other day I spotted it in a shop for $61.99 so I picked it up as a Christmas present...for me. I immediately took it to a friend's house to try it.

In short, at first taste, I was flabbergasted and not in a good way. I'm a high test drinker meaning I prefer whisk/ey to burn and warm me down the middle. Some around here call that warmth the Kentucky hug. There you go, personification without sexualization. This one was so hot, my palate didn't register anything else. My friend liked it more than me. I added a bit of water, which I rarely do, and it opened a some but still I thought it a simple dram. Certainly not deserving of Whisky of the year.

That was a bit more than a week ago and I've decided to try it again. This time, before trying, I drank some water and sucked on a mostly tasteless cracker to offset the taste of lunch. Chili and saison flavors can hang about. This time was a whole different experience!

Often, I've found whisk/ey tastes significantly different after the bottle has been open for awhile. It's certainly not always better afterwards but sometimes it is. Also my palate isn't always the neutral and discerning blank slate I wish it were. Too many times things taste different than I know they usually do. Many times I've thought something tasted wonderful but never good as that first time. Sometimes things I don't like on first try, I like it better the second time around. "Try it till you like it" has long been my attitude. I've given up on a few things well, really only liver.

This time the rye was...still very hot but not overpowering. I could appreciate the silky texture of the liquid even though the alcohol vapors were burning my nasal passages. They didn't overpower all the flavors present as much this time but were likely hot enough to cauterize Covid. Tell your GOP friends! To be clear this isn't a fragrant dram but is a bit more complex than I first perceived. It's buttery and nutty in a way that reminds me of Texas bourbon or some Wild Turkey bourbon but oddly not WT rye. The finish is long but the flavors don't change. Even with a bit of water added, things are pretty staid. Eh, it's not bad.

Damning by faint praise I think is the phrase. Had I tasted this before hand, I'd have never purchased it. For me, one who really likes hot whiskey and rye, this is, on its best day, not bad at best.

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Tried some Alberta Premium Dark Horse last night. Not a huge fan, it's ages in charred oak barrels which reminds me quite a bit of bourbon. Shouldn't have added the ice cube. It's incredibly smooth, warm, and has a sweetness to it. It will be great to mixing. Now just have to start testing it for a cocktail. I already have a general idea on what that cocktail will consist of.

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# 192 - Alberta Premium 30 ans

# 192 – Alberta Premium 30 ans

40% alc./vol. Alberta Distillers, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Merci à Pat pour une mini de cette excellente distillerie de l’ouest canadien, voici le Alberta Premium 30 ans, édition limitée.

Le Alberta Premium, sous toutes ses expressions, est un des seuls whiskies canadiens à être composé encore à 100% de seigle. Ce bon vieux ryese retrouve en version de base vieilli cinq ans, mais aussi en 25 ans,…

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WHISKYCAST EPISODE 451: NOVEMBER 9, 2013

This week, we'll take a tour of a distillery very few people ever get to visit, Beam's Alberta Distillers facility in Calgary, Alberta. 80% of the distillery's whisky is sold in bulk to clients around the world, which means if you've tried all but a few Canadian whiskies, the chances are pretty good Rick Murphy and his team had something to do with them.  The remaining 20% is bottled under the Alberta Premium and Alberta Springs labels for the Canadian market, along with the Tangle Ridge label available in the US and a few other markets. The distillery is on the edge of the Canadian Rockies, which means high altitude, low humidity, and lots of cold and snow. One of their innovations is a unique "straddle loader" to move barrels of whisky around without the risk of using a forklift in extreme weather. In the news...still no arrests in the Pappy Van Winkle theft, Diageo opens a new Scotch whisky warehousing complex in Fife, and Jim Murray names his whisky of the year for the 2014 Whisky Bible.