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Crown Royal, the Canadian whisky powerhouse, extends its line into one thing totally new for the model — and never all that widespread in Canada, to be sincere. So right here it’s: Crown Royal’s first single malt.
Made out of 100% malted barley, the whisky is “crafted within the Canadian chilly,” which is probably the model’s means of claiming it doesn’t have an age assertion.
The whisky successfully blurs the road between Canada and Scotland, taking the delicacy of malt and operating via the extra rugged character of the Nice White North. The nostril is toasty and reasonably charred (assume toasted marshmallow), opening rapidly to disclose parts of sesame, peanut butter, and caramel. It’s barely fruity with a observe of dried banana chips, touched up with vanilla.
On the palate, the whisky is extra austere than the nostril would counsel, that includes a stronger punch of barrel char, tobacco leaf, and subdued spice field notes. There’s a not insignificant smokiness right here which supplies the most important shock, resulting in a barely inexperienced, natural high quality that builds alongside the end. Right here finally the whisky sweetens again up, with vanilla cream and a light-weight fruitiness — ripe banana, and a few peach — making a powerful displaying.
The physique is significantly extra viscous than your typical single malt Scotch, owing maybe partially to its supply at a barely upsized 45% abv, however extra I believe as a consequence of its Canadian provenance and the kind of barrels used for getting old. (Most likely ex-Crown Royal “purple bag” barrels, however nobody is saying.) This helps give the in any other case innocuous whisky some much-needed heft, although it finally stays a delicate, easygoing expertise that ought to offend nobody. In the event you’re searching for the Crown Royal of single malts, nicely, er, I suppose you discovered it proper the place you’d anticipate.
90 proof.
B / $55
Crown Royal Single Malt
$55
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