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Pike Creek 10 Year Old Canadian Whisky, 70cl

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Michael – I get a lot of caramel in the middle, along with those spices you associate with a cinnamon roll. Like a breakfast baked good. About a year later the Cabernet Sauvignon casks yielded 2,058 bottles of Pike Creek, exclusive to the LCBO. As a scholar in oak management, Livermore knew that the majority of the wine flavours trapped in the oak would diffuse into the whisky in 200 days. Anything past that point would create a concentrating effect due to evaporation losses of alcohol, otherwise known as Angel's share. Almost like medicine from when you were a kid, but the good kind that you kept trying to break into the drug cabinet for. Honestly the compelling part about this whisky is the partnership with a Canadian winery and a Canadian whisky manufacturer. 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. "The Niagara region makes great quality wines and Canada makes great quality whiskies. Why not bring each expression together? We make award-winning products in Canada and we should be proud of them, and the Pike Creek 15 Year represents Canada at its best."

Mary-Fred– I like it. I definitely got the sense of baked goods, the sweet and the butter and the spice. I like the gingerbread analogy. Finish: Medium-long, unfortunately. Warming, with a little bit of caramel and oak mixed with the unrelenting vodka notes. Finishes with a bit of port wine, which finally tastes slightly like something real. This is, however, marred by the sudden appearance of charcoal bitterness, which is all that remains when the finish fades. 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. After a couple of years, reportedly due to sourcing issues, the Port casks were replaced with rum barrels. This attention to finishing is in part due to their master blender, Dr. Don Livermore, whose PhD is appropriately enough in wood science. This focus on the wood gives the distillery another element to make their whisky stand out. Pike Creek 10 has been labeled by some reviewers as a “high-end” whisky, and maybe that is true when compared to regular Canadian blends, but we sure hope this attention to details becomes the new normal. This cookie is set by Rubicon Project to control synchronization of user identification and exchange of user data between various ad services.Comments: For those new to Canadian whisky, especially if coming from the world of scotch or Irish whiskies, this is a good, affordable place to start. Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. The barrels also house an endless source of inspiration for Hiram Walker Master Blender Dr Don Livermore's Pike Creek whisky releases. This growing series elevates Corby's wood management program to euphoric levels by finishing their whisky in a new barrel type for each release. The latest, Pike Creek 15-year-old is finished in Ontario Cabernet Sauvignon Barrels. 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.

Overall: I’m not sure I’ve ever had such an irredeemably awful glass of whisky. The liquid provides ample warning of what’s to come with its repugnant aroma, and those that fail to heed the signs will be greeted by an increasingly wretched experience, right down to the unmercifully long finish. Maybe it would have been more bearable if the “Elements” that “Crafted” it had been allowed another 3 years to work. If you happen to see some of these bottles still lying around on sale, I can’t say this often or loudly enough: Do Not Buy This Whisky.

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