Canada's Crown Royal named World Whisky of the Year

[Teh One Who Knocks]

CTV News


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Canadian whisky brand Crown Royal has nabbed the title of World Whisky of the Year 2016 for its Northern Harvest Rye, the first time the honour has gone to a Canadian brand.

A respected authority on all things whisky, writer Jim Murray pronounced the Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye the best of 2016 calling the result a game changer, and a surprise.

"Crown Royal Northern Harvest pops up out of nowhere and changes the game," said Murray in a statement. "To say this is a masterpiece is barely doing it justice."

Murray gave the whisky a mark of 97.5 out of 100.

Crown Royal's Northern Harvest Rye is the brand's first ever blended spirit: 90 percent rye whisky is described as smooth and spicy.

This year, Murray has expanded his list of top whiskies from three to five:

Here are the 2016 World Whiskies of The Year according to Jim Murray:


Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye
Pikesville Straight Rye
Midleton Dair Ghaelach
William Larue Weller Bourbon (Bot.2014)
Suntory Yamazaki Mizunara (Bot.2014)

[deebakes]

wow :shock:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:canada: > :scotland:

[HyperV12]

What the fuck does he know, he's English. :fire:

[Goofy]

What the fuck does he know, he's English. :fire:

:agreed:


















Although i do have one of his books 8-[

[redred]

anyone tried any of the top 5 ?

[deebakes]

not yet ;)

[Jezter]

anyone tried any of the top 5 ?

Never even heard of any of them. Well Crown Royal brand is familiar name, but that particular variant is not.

[DemonGeminiX]

So this is one person's opinion?

[Godfather]

Sort of, but this Jim Murray dude seems to be 'the' guy in terms of whiskey.

Still... I'm surprised. I didn't know Canadian Rye Whiskey could hang with the stuff from the old country :lol: Kinda cool

[Loser]

I love rye, so I'll have to try a bottle.

[deebakes]

:+1:

[Hal-9000]

I used to drink CR often....not the special Northern Harvest 90%, just the regular Crown Royal. Leave it in the freezer for hours and then pour over one ice cube in a small glass. I used to drink other whiskeys with 7 Up or ginger ale...no mix for CR.

[deebakes]

:facepalm: