What is the best Canadian whiskey?

[brookemorris]

Some of my favorite Canadian whiskies include Forty Creek Double Barrel Reserve and Alberta Premium Cask Strength Rye.
Alberta Premium Cask Strength Rye is one of the best canadian whiskey delivery. It's made in Canada from Canadian rye, distilled and aged by Albertan distillers, then matured for at least four years in new oak barrels. This gives these whiskeys a delicious blend of earthy flavors with flavor notes of almond, caramelized sugar, honey, and vanilla.
Forty Creek Double Barrel Reserve is aged in oak barrels made from used maple syrup barrels for over 18 months, giving it a terrific balance of rich sweetness alongside the traditional notes of rye. The Double Barrel Reserve has an aroma that you might expect: fruity, with hints of vanilla and spicy winter spices such as ginger or cinnamon.

[BAC]

BOURBON

[alfsauve]

Though my father is from Canada, he held all Canadian alcohol products in disdain. 

(Now this a the story he passed down to me, so there may be elements that don't bear scrutiny.)

Ontario had a prohibition on from 1916-1927 which of course overlapped the first 8 years of the US prohibition.   But alcohol was a big business and the laws were such that only retail sales and consumption were outlawed.  Manufacture and "export" were still allowed.  Several, probably numerous, companies, such as Seagrams and CC, "exported" their products across the Detroit River to the US once our Prohibition kicked in.

Because these were legit Canadian companies, the story goes that they struck deals to supply the US hotel industry all during Prohibition.  Of course the US upper class preferred to stay at hotels that could provide their patrons with "product" and hence big money was made by connected hotel chains in those days.   The Canadian government turning their back on the illegalities of this "export".   Canadian distillaries also supplied quite a bit to organized crime and contributed to the rise of the Mafia in the US.   Detroit was a major mob town because of this convenient supply of product just across the river.

If it hadn't been for US Prohibition many of the Canadian brands that are now large, respected distillers would have remained small regional suppliers of no particular note.

And that's Dad's story. 

[tombogan03884]

The BOOK "Public Enemies" gets into some of that.
About how they drove across the ice in winter, bringing the booze over.     (F that idea ! )
I didn't see the movie, don't know what Hollywood made up.   

[billt]

These guys are coming out of the woodwork lately.

[Sponsor]

[alfsauve]

These guys are coming out of the woodwork lately.

Yeah, but it's not a bad topic for us.   

[Jim Kennedy-ar154me]

I live in Kentucky. I have heard it rumored that if I drink anything other than Burbon the BOOZE police will snatch me up and burn me at the stake for heresy!

[PegLeg45]

I have no use for Canadian whiskey....maybe because I got a belly full of it when I was young and broke.... I remember when you could get a quart of that sh*t for less than $8. 

Later on I developed a true love for Kentucky Bourbon....of the Wild Turkey 101 variety (I drank enough of the stuff I was startin' to grow feathers..... Austin Nichols sent me a Christmas card every year)... then particularly Wild Turkey Rare Breed and later Russell's Reserve.

I gave all that up 20 yrs ago.....but I do keep a bottle around for nostalgia's sake....just in case....... and the just in case is getting closer and closer if things keep going like they have these last few months.