Canadese
roodgouden etiket met een Maple Leaf. Op de achterkant Duitse tekst met daarbij de de opmerking dat ook hier kleurstof E150a in zit.
Op de achterkant van het doosje staat te lezen:
'Canadian Whisky has always been appreciated by experts, especially this excellent 8-year old quality. Aged and blended in oak casks and distilled wholly unique in the Canadian tradition, the maturation for 8 years makes it a smooth Whisky with a well-balanced character.'
Als ik het flesje bekijk valt me op dat op de hals in zwarte lettertjes, nee cijfertjes iets staat:
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07:13
Op de achterkant zit een etiket en daarop staat te lezen: Whisky Mit Farbestoff (Zuckerkulör E150a).
No secret here: Canadian whiskies, by law, are made in Canada. They must be aged for at least three years in wood barrels, but there is no rule regarding the type of grain, and also labeling restrictions are actually rather lax. For this reason, a lot of Canadian whisky is called “rye whisky” when in fact they are blends of multiple grains. Seagrams, for example, blends over 50 batches to make their whisky. However, most Canadian whiskies are blends of 15 to 20 different batches, including Canadian Club and Crown Royal. In any case, it’s the blending that makes Canadian whiskies relatively lighter than other whiskies (www.refinedguy.com/2012/08/16/what-you-need-to-know-about-whiskey/#6).
De geus is net als de Amerikaanse bourbon oplosmiddelachtig. Als ik een slokje neem lijkt het milder dan de Amerikaanse bourbon. Als ik het vergelijk met een slokje van de Kentucky Highway Straight Bourbon Whiskey proef ik duidelijk verschil. Niet dat ik het lekker vind, maar ja. Een gekregen paard...
Canadian Blended Whisky? Afgevuld in Duitsland. Zou de whisky in Canada of Duitsland zijn opgemengd?
A blended whiskey (or blended whisky) is the product of blending different types of whiskeys and sometimes also neutral grain spirits, coloring, and flavorings. It is generally the product of mixing one or more higher-quality straight or single malt whiskies with less expensive spirits and other ingredients. This allows for a lower priced product, though expensive "premium" varieties also exist.
Some examples of blended whiskey include Canadian Mist, Jameson Irish Whiskey, Seagram's Seven American whiskey, the premium Japanese brand Hibiki and the premium Scottish brand variant Johnnie Walker Blue Label (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blended_whiskey).
Most Canadian whiskeys are blends. Any grain spirit aged for at least three years in Canada may be called Canadian whiskey. Regulations do not specify any distillation limit, although in practice it differs little from the Scottish and Irish limit of 94.8%, as the purity of neutral grain spirit has a practical limit of approximately that value. Canadian whiskey may contain both caramel and flavorings (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blended_whiskey).