May 20 we celebrate whisky! Whisky or whiskey is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash. Various grains (which may be malted) are used for different varieties, including barley, corn, rye and wheat. Below, three of our faves. —Vita Daily
Dillon’s Rye Whisky: Crafted using 100 per cent Ontario rye (no barley, no wheat and no corn) with no flavourings and no colourings ever added, and aged in new Ontario oak, new American oak and first-fill bourbon casks, this is a truly grain-to-the-glass Rye Whisky. It’s also an award-winner: Silver at the 2023 San Francisco World Spirits Competition and Silver at the 2022 Whiskies of the World Awards.
Bearface Whisky: This quintessentially Canadian brand works with the wilderness and its powerful natural elements to transform its whisky into something more wild and adventurous. Bearface Triple Oak is a single grain Canadian whisky matured for seven years in ex-bourbon American oak barrels, then aged in French oak red wine casks and air-dried virgin Hungarian oak. Bearface One Eleven Oaxaca Edition is a first of its kind and first in the world a collaboration that sees Canadian Whisky meet Agave Espadin Spirit. Blending 10 parts Bearface whisky with one part Mexican mezcal, it is a ground breaking innovation that can be enjoyed the world over. And Bearface’s Matsutake Edition, elementally aged for a bolder, smoother flavour and infused with wild Matsutake, has a unique umami finish. This Wilderness Series edition is a one-of-a-kind whisky blend.
Glendalough Whiskey: Single malts and single grains, all bourbon barrel aged, and finished in a second, very different cask, Glendalough whiskeys are loved the world over, and made with extreme care and innovation. Take, for example, the 7 Year Old Single Malt Single Malt Mizunara Cask. A relentless search for the most flavourful oak in the world took Glendalough from its own wooded mountains in Wicklow to those in the volcanic north of Japan, Hokkaido, to find the most sought-after oak in the whiskey world. The whiskey is vivid, but delicate with seamless depth. It is vibrant, fruity, and floral on the nose, enjoying a luxuriously smooth mouthfeel with notes of dark chocolate orange, sandalwood and cinnamon synonymous with Mizunara whiskeys. Glendalough’s Mizunara 7-year single malt benefits from an exceptionally long finish of toasted oak and oriental spices, with the dark chocolate lingering even longer.
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