• This week's taste

    From JIM WELLER@1:135/392 to ALL on Saturday, October 22, 2022 19:46:00
    Alberta Springs 10 year old Canadian rye whisky

    Premium priced Gibson's Finest Venerable 18 year old Canadian rye
    whisky is my favourite special treat, gift and celebration sipping
    whisky while Alberta Springs 10 yr is my favourite every day tipple.
    It's not really an economy bottom shelf whisky. Rather, it's a good
    sipping whisky sold at an incredibly attractive price, so one
    doesn't feel guilty using it in whisky forward cocktails like
    Manhattans and Old Fashioneds.

    It's rated as the best in its price range by almost every single
    reviewer out there. So I was upset when it disappeared from the
    shelves at both my local stores. Then I read that it had become so
    popular that their entire year's production had been sold out in
    eight months and they refused to market any 9 year old before it was
    ready.

    Well it's back and in this era of post-Covid corporate price gouging
    coupled with some very real inflationary pressures it's still priced
    at $32 the same as before (and just $24 in Alberta), so I am a happy
    camper once again. Since it will probably sell out even quicker this
    year I am tempted to splurge and buy a whole case of it while I can.
    If any of my family is travelling here in the near future by road
    I'll e-transfer them some funds and have them get a case for me in
    Alberta!

    It's from a company called from Alberta Distillers Limited. It's a
    blend of rye and corn so sweeter than straight rye which is quite
    spicy and also a tad biter. They also make Alberta Premium which is
    100% rye and a good wheat vodka called Alberta Pure.





    Cheers

    Jim


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