Masterson's 10 Year Old Rye
named Canadian Whisky of the Year 2017.
The 7th annual Canadian Whisky Awards held this
month in Victoria, B.C. has named Masterson's 10
Year Old Rye as the Canadian Whisky of the Year
2017.
Masterson's
10 Year Old Rye is produced from a 100% rye mash
which is quite uncommon even for a Canadian whisky.
Canadian Rye whisky is named Rye whisky because rye
was the typical mash of most Canadian whiskies, it
has no legal requirement to include rye at all! As I
said a 100% rye whisky is uncommon even American Rye
whiskey's do not wonder far from minimum legal
requirement for a 52% rye mashbill.
Bottled at 45% ABV it certainly impressed the judges
at the Canadian Whisky of the Year 2017
awards, chairman of the judges, Davin de Kergommeaux,
described the winner, "as that rare combination of
balance, complexity and robust flavour that
exemplifies the best traditions of rye whisky. It is
at once spicy, muscular, with an ever-so elegant
nose and palate. It is this combination that has
spurred the unprecedented interest and demand for
Canadian whisky. Indeed, when the rye whisky
renaissance took off in the US five years ago, it
was Canadian distillers who supplied much of the
whisky, and of these, Masterson's is one of the
best."
As the country's preeminent Canadian whisky
competition, the independent and blind judging
panel, served up some surprise honours to relative
newcomers like Toronto's Stalk & Barrel Rye and
Twelve Barrels from Ottawa, which took home top spot
as the Domestic Value Whisky of the Year.
Long-established brands like Crown Royal, Gooderham
& Worts, and Forty Creek were also well represented,
taking home numerous distinctions for their
continued innovation and well-established commitment
to quality.
Sadly there is still a lack of availability of many
Canadian whiskies on this side of the Atlantic,
there was limited availability of the award winning
Masterson's 10 Year Old Rye but you would be very
lucky to get hold of a bottle now given this recent
accolade. All is not lost as a number of the
outstanding whiskies Canada is producing can be
found at a few specialist online
Whisky Shops
trying to do something about that and trying to make
more available to whisky connoisseurs.
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