Norther Border Collection / CC 40yo

@65glenfarclas It's money well spent.

Funny. Here no one can find it...there, no one wants to buy it and they're slashing prices...

Oh, Calgary...

Of course, you have to add 5% tax...

@Nozinan When you have the selection of SM Scotch they have there, then what's the NBC. Yikes, Gretzky's drech is $5 cheaper than Lot 40 CS

Canada 150 IN 5. With only a couple of weeks remaining in 2017, I've decided to once again salute Canada's sesquicentennial with a few tasty expressions, not just a few delicious Canadian drams, but a bevy of beauties whose ages collectively equal 150 years. I'm sharing these with my son and his cousin, a couple of sturdy Canadian lads. Happy 150th to our home and native land. Cheers!

@paddockjudge well played sir! How did to get the label for CC40?

@Nozinan, that is the bottle top seal/stamp for CC40. I carefully removed it when opening the bottle and immediately recycled it. A big thank you to @Nozinan and @talexander for tracking down the elusive CC40 and safely delivering it to me.

@paddockjudge A lovely still life. Group of Seven worthy.

If you had to pick just one of those for the desert island?

@BlueNote ooooh, what a question....

I'd throw CC40 off first, and then AP25 because I like AP30 better. Then it would be tough to choose between the three . I think I'll stop there, because I'm not the one who was asked...

Always enjoy your input @Nozinan. I guess I expected the CC40 to be the survivor. What would it be for you? Curious to see if you and @paddockjudge agree.

@BlueNote I like all three of the finalists. I think I would ultimately go with Wiser's 35 or Highwood 90/20. I know rye is the superior grain (but there is some in the W35) but I really like the higher ABV and therefore less diluted flavours of the other 2.

I think, price and availability not being a factor, I'd choose the W35.

@BlueNote, choosing just one from the 150 in 5 picture is impossible work.

There are two single grain corn whiskies two, two single grain rye whiskies, and a blend of mostly corn with rye. Although Highwood Ninety 20 YO is a delicious whisky, CC 40 YO trumps it, easily. Alberta Premium 30 YO is one of my favourite whiskies; however, AP 25 YO is an example of pure elegance and delivers big while being only 40% abv. Wiser's 35 is incredible! A blend of approximately 10:1 corn to rye at 50% abv...and 35 years old.

It is a tough choice, to select one of these three. CC40 YO is the oldest single grain Canadian bottled. Wiser's 35 YO is a masterpiece and deserves its place upon the podium. Alberta Premium 25 YO is equally amazing and ever so scarce.

The best I can do is call it a tie between W 35 YO and AP 25 YO .........................................................with Century 25 YO Calgary Stampede 100th Anniversary close behind.

@Nozinan @paddockjudge The CC40 is available here for $253, Lot 40 CS at $80 and Wiser's 35 at $190. Unfortunately, no well aged Alberta Premium available. Looks like you two agree on the Wiser's 35, so that will be my Xmas present to myself. The CC is just a bit too pricey here. Maybe next time from Alberta. Thanks guys.

Cheers.

@paddockjudge As a rye guy, I would probably pick the two AP over the others. Though, I have to admit this Highwood 90/20 is a beautiful corn whisky.

@Robert99 Sadly, another one not available in BC.

@Blue note, you can't go wrong picking up a bottle of W 35. Now the tag of $190, that is pricey! Are you getting that at the government store or a fancy boutique?

@paddockjudge That's government, my friend. You guys think you've got it bad with the KGBO, we've got BC Larceny Stores.

@BlueNote Have you tried Calgary? I saw it on sale below $150, I believe.

@Nozinan Good idea. I might hold off until the new year when I have a friend going that way. It's probably not worth the cost of having it shipped but worth it if he can pick it up along with a few other desirable items/

@paddockjudge Is it possible to add a CC40 to my tab?

CC 40 YO and Lot No 40 Cask Strength 12 YO in a ratio of 11 to 1 ...ish.

14 ml of CC 40 YO with 1.25 ml of Corby's Lot No 40 CS...delicious!

I have tried varying ratios, 14/1.25 creates a spectacular whisky...and in accordance with Canadian law this remains a 40 YO whisky...and a single distillery whisky, as these were both distilled and bottled at Hiram Walker, aged at nearby Pike Creek.

@paddockjudge that's assuming the CC40 doesn't have some other juice in it given the allowable 1/11 rule...