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I'm from Maine and took a road trip to Halifax, Nova Scotia recently. I stopped in a licquor store (the LC) and jokingly asked the cashiers where the bourbon was. They got a good chuckle out of that one.
Rideau Whiskey may not say it's Bourbon on the bottle, but there's bourbon in the bottle. Because of some dumb laws you can't call it bourbon unless it's made a certain region in the US, sort of like champagne. So we actually do have bourbon, even if it's not called that.
It’s kind of like how sparking wine must come from the Champagne region of France to be termed Champagne.
Bourbon is just a naming convention for corn whiskey. I’m just finding out based on your post that Rideau Whiskey is in my neck of the woods, and I will have to try it! BRBN from Okanagan Spirits has been our recent treat - my husband really loves bourbon and this has hit the mark
Heres the legal requirements:
51+% corn
Aged in new, charred oak barrels
Produced in the U.S.
And then the generic proof ones.
So no, not every corn whisky is a Bourbon, although they may taste the same.
Well it tastes like bourbon to me, so I don't really what it's called :P
Oof, it's $60 now, it was $40 when I bought a couple of bottles of it. It's kinda weird because I can't find it on the LCBO site, I had to order it online.
I like it better than Wild Turkey or Maker's. Not sure if I'd consider it to be high end tho.
Clan Colla (from Ireland tho, not Canada) is really good, better than Booker's (which used to be my favourite) IMO. But that's super hard to get, I happened to pick up a bottle of it at the Dublin airport and now in my circle we consider it to be the best. Which is kind of a problem since it's so hard to get.
Give it a gew years and we can maybe start repealing that legislation. No NAFTA? No more preferred trademarks.
Too bad you didn't take the opportunity to drink some Legendario, my favourite (so far) Cuban rum. Had my buddy in Nova Scotia bring me some a few months ago when he was coming out. Wish they sold it it my area but sadly they do not. Happily however I have friends
It's fine stuff but if money is no object I'd rather have actual whiskey (with an 'e') anyway.