The 103 proof version (is one of the best bourbons I have ever tasted.yes I said bourbon!) is easily 10 points better, well that's the way I scored it. Me thinks thou hast scored Blenders Select fairly with a rating of 84 points. My bottles have come from Texas and New Mexico. Nothing "special" about this one! Why can't we have CRHSB in Canada!?! It is currently available at select retailers in The US. It is the horse designed by a committee, it is a camel. This is a watered-down version of the single barrel Crown Royal Hand Selected Barrel. Example of what? An example of how the LCBO makes it difficult for whisky producers to showcase their talents by erecting barriers to the marketplace, and as a result we are presented with an exclusive offering for Ontario of NOTHING SPECIAL. Don Livermore will probably be there again this year as he was last year.ĥ years ago 1 Who liked OdysseusUnbound, thank you for a well written, informative, and enjoyable review.Ĭrown Royal Blenders Select is a shining example of exactly why this style of whisky is available only in Ontario. Don may know quite a few very useful things with respect to distilling, but what does that matter if other people are making the decisions about what is being made?įor those interested in Tales of the Cocktail, Dr. ![]() They are taking his favourite whisky, Wiser's Legacy, away from him and us and telling him what products they want produced. Don remains hamstrung by his corporate masters in what is made and sold at J.P. I expect that he knows what he is talking about in his overarching opinions, but how much does that help the product line? To hear him tell the tale, Dr. So far Livermore sounds like the authority because he has no one else giving opinions. Some of them are competent to discuss it, but few seem willing to do so with aficionados. I would like to hear more distillers getting into the biochemistry, as Don Livermore has. You find out the quality of what you bought only after you open the bottle.and even then many whiskies don't show their best sides until they take a good bit of air. Even my 'meh' palate bottle of CRNHR has a fabulous nose. Murray and others are huge fans of that too. As for CRNHR, batch variation! I expect that I would probably like that batch which JIm Murray rated at 97.5 points.although I am not certain because what I have had of Col E H Taylor Rye has not impressed me, and Mr. Interesting enough to be worth the price of admission.įind where to buy Crown Royal OdysseusUnbound, thanks very much for the information. It's not cloyingly sweet, but it's close to the line for me. Neat, this is a very pleasant after dinner sipper. In fact, with water, all I can smell and taste is banana. ![]() ![]() With water, the banana notes become much more prominent with some hard toffee making an appearance as well. Palate (undiluted): rich and creamy arrival, caramel popcorn, butterscotch, banana, a bit of coconut, vanilla and cinnamonįinish: medium length, sweet, a hint of white grape juice, milk chocolate, banana, and a bit of drying rye spice and oak tannins. Nose (undiluted): buttery toffee, maple sugar, a bit of oak, sawdust, cedar, rye and oak spice (cloves, nutmeg) and a slight orange zest note It's rich and flavourful, and it's the star of the show here. The Blender's Select is one of the 5 types of whisky used in other Crown Royal products. This whisky is produced from a mashbill of 64% Corn, 31.5% Rye, 4.5% Malted Barley (according to Jason Hambrey). The Coffey Rye is always aged in Virgin oak barrels, according to the Crown Royal marketing rep, er "Brand Ambassador", who spoke about it on the Whisky Topic podcast. Crown Royal Blender's Select is an exclusive release at the LCBO and is a vatting of 9 year old rye whiskies and 7 year old rye whiskies from the Coffey still in Gimly, Manitoba. Crown Royal has released whiskies in Ontario that aren't readily available everywhere else. Being a huge market in Canada, we sometimes get whiskies not offered to other Canadians, or to Americans. For all the negatives associated with being a whisky lover in Ontario (high prices, limited selection, etc.) there are some perks.
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