The Crown Royal has expanded their flavor profile with the newest addition to the Noble Collection, Crown Royal Noble Collection French Oak Cask Finished. This limited-edition expression showcases Crown Royal Fine De Luxe, the standard of excellence for Canadian whisky, finished in new French oak barrels. The Noble Collection is a multi-award-winning series of whiskies that are released on an ...

Sam Bronfman, or “Mister Sam,” as he was sometimes known, was one of the key authors of the modern day distilled spirits industry. Despite his humble origins as an immigrant to Canada from Imperial Russia in the late 1800s, Bronfman would go on to propel Seagram into what was once the largest and most successful distilled spirits company in the ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- If OOLA started their Discourse series with the intent of starting conversations about non-traditional whiskey-making methods, I’m not sure if Discourse C was the right place to start. That release was essentially a bourbon whiskey finished in Cabernet barrels. While not exactly traditional, in an era when there are nearly 600 craft distillers making and ...

Canadian Club has raised the bar on the age of their expressions with the release of a whiskey barreled in 1977, Canadian Club 41 Year Old Whisky. Already named Canadian Whisky of the Year in Whisky Bible 2019 (presumably Jim Murray got a sneak peek), it will be released in the U.S. in time for holiday shoppers. For a four ...

The Sazerac Company, one of America’s oldest family owned, privately held distillers, is purchasing 19 brands from Diageo, a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands across the spirits and beer categories. The brands being purchased by Sazerac are Seagram’s V.O. Seagram’s 83, Seagram’s Five Star, Myers’s, Romana Sambuca, Yukon Jack, Booth’s, Goldschlager, Popov, Relska, The ...