Crown Royal CR Hand Selected Barrel 103 pf "Coffey Rye"
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Review by @paddockjudge
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- Brand: Crown Royal
- Type: Canadian
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- ABV: 51.5%
The nose immediately senses a delicious feast. Huge new barrel influence and a heavy char...rock maple shavings, choc ice-cream and bananas with cherries, a side of paper-thin prosciutto crudo, sweet caporal tobacco. MAGNIFICENT - reminiscent of an excellent quality high rye bourbon [such as Four Roses OBSV (35%) rye, 4R has less chocolate and more cherries]
The entry is loaded with banana popsicles and hand rolled cigarettes - accented with vanilla and cinnamon.
The wet tobacco wanes to a peppery tingle while the sweet bananas are muted by a minty-chocolate numbness. This is 103 pf whisky. The heat maintains its presence fading slowly as both chocolate and mint become quiet. Peppery tingle and pleasant heat on exit.
Finish is hot. Cacao, fresh banana slices, and maple butter linger. The dry finish becomes silent and leaves only a hint of the feast that preceeded it. A cardamom seed buzz remains on the tongue.
*empty glass - ash & tar, burnt wood.
This is not my father's Crown Royal. Definitely a cut above.
Crown Royal Hand Selected Barrel 'Coffey Rye' 103 pf is made from a mash of 64% corn, 31.5% rye, and 4.5% malted barley. It is distilled in an ancient Coffey still at the Gimli, MB facility and is not available in Canada. It was originally released in Texas and is available in 14 states. This particular bottle comes from Twin Liquors in Cedar Park, Texas.
There is a fascinating back story to this brilliant release. See Whisky Advocate...
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If anyone deserved to get their hands on some if this it is definitely you. Now, if an oz of it managed to find its way to Toronto....