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Pendleton

Pendleton
Midnight Brandy Barrel-Finished Blended Canadian Whisky

Category: Canadian Whisky

Date Tasted:
Country: Canada
Alcohol: 45%
91 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$29

Pendleton
Midnight Brandy Barrel-Finished Blended Canadian Whisky

Category: Canadian Whisky

Date Tasted:
Country: Canada
Alcohol: 45%
Golden amber color. Aromas and flavors of chocolate toffee and cherry bark, caramel machiatto, maple sugar, and cherry brandy with a silky, bright, fruity medium body and a peppery, interesting, long finish conveying notes of maple frosted vanilla cake, white fudge with nuts, pink and white peppercorns, and cedar and tobacco leaf. A warming, spicy Canadian Whisky that will play nicely in cocktails.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Complex, Fruity, Spicy & Rich
Aroma Aroma: chocolate toffee and cherry bark, caramel machiatto, maple sugar, and cherry brandy
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of maple frosted vanilla cake, white fudge with nuts, pink and white peppercorns, and cedar and tobacco leaf
Smoothness Smoothness: Peppery
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, on the rocks and with cigars
Cocktail Cocktails: Manhattan, Old Fashioned, Manhattan
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A warming, spicy Canadian Whisky that will play nicely in cocktails.

The Producer or Importer

Hood River Distillers Inc.

The Producer or  Importer
10220 SW Greenburg Road 3 Lincoln, Suite 125
Suite 125
Portland, OR 97223
USA
1 503-574-3693

Canadian Whisky

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Serve in a Glencairn Ganadian Whisky Glass
Canadian Whisky is made primarily from corn or wheat, with a supplement of rye, barley, or barley malt. There are no Canadian government requirements when it comes to the percentages of grains used in the mash bill. Unlike Bourbons, they are aged, primarily in used oak barrels. The minimum age for Canadian Whisky is three years, with most brands being aged four to six years. Virtually all Canadian whiskies (except the pot-distilled malt whiskies of Glenora in Nova Scotia) are blended from different grain whiskies of different ages. Bulk Canadian Whiskies are usually shipped in barrels to their destination country where they are bottled. These bulk whiskies are usually bottled at 40% ABV (80 proof) and are usually no more than four years old. "Bottled in Canada" whiskies generally have older components in their blends and are bottled at 43.4% ABV (86.8 proof).

Canadian whiskies, as with their American cousins, originated on the farm. These early whiskies were made primarily from rye. In time most Canadian distillers turned to corn, wheat, and other grains, but Canadians continue to refer to their whisky as "Rye" even though the mash bill for most Canadian Whisky is now predominantly a mix of corn, wheat, and barley, with only a modest proportion of rye for flavor, which results in a lighter-bodied spirit.

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