Nose: Soft yet rich creamy-sweet milk, yellow and green apples, floral (lavender and lilac), lime peel, pine tree and hint of mint, light candied orange, subtle popsicle stick woodiness, black tea with lemon, fresh rye grain and bread notes, hint of caramel, anice seed, school glue, dates, rye spice, chilli pepper flakes, rye vegetal notes, vanilla, molasses, chocolate milk malt powder, sweet woodiness Palate: Dry, subtle vanilla, caramel, hint of toffee, caramel coated ripe red apple, barrel tannins, oak/rye/pepper spice, peaches and cream, hint of ripe cherry, light honey, hint of dark cocoa and mocha, hint of powdered sugar Finish: Lots of rye bread, medley of ripe apples, old and fruity oak, barrel tannins, hint of vanilla
About this bottle
Highwood Distillers, in High River, Alberta, make most of their whisky from wheat, and may well be the only major distillery with no mill. Instead, they cook the wheat whole until it bursts open like popcorn to reveal the starch inside. A devastating flood in 2013 wiped out much of the distillery, but thankfully, spared the warehouses where this Centennial whisky lay sleeping.
How it tastes
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Reviews
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89/100 for me. Verry smooth flavour winter wheat with a slight white peppery rye. A little light honey to it. 100% Alberta in a bottle. I only wish this was about 46% to get a little more of the flavour profile out of it but its still an excellent whiskey
Smooth with a creamy texture but thin on flavour. Light butterscotch, a hint of floral spice and citrus and fresh oak. Forgettable. $28 in Ontario.
A good whisky, nice sipping for a decent price.
Beautiful Canadian whisky.
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