Devin's Picks
Forty Creek Copper Pot
Canada
Tasting Notes: A blend of rye, corn, and malted barley. This bad boy has incredible flavour for its price! Nose: is much bolder than the barrel select. You get the Forty Creek's signature toasted oak coming through, alongside port, ginger, cinnamon, vanilla, and raisins. Taste: Fairly smooth citrus entry with some good nice oakiness (lots of toasted oak!). Spicy rye builds up followed by a vanilla fade followed by warming dry rye once again. The whole whisky has a bit of a port wine feel to it also. The whisky also can seem to change as you drink it, as if you are drinking a different one every time. Toasted oak, cloves, honey, and a bit of nuttiness also feature. There’s some good underlying sweetness throughout as well, and pretty nice mouthfeel as well…quite brilliant. Finish: A long dry lingering spicy rye finish, with some nuttiness and a touch of grape juice. Eventually the spice dies down to vanilla, particularly if one drinks some water after. After some time there is even some black olive coming through…which to me is a manifestation and development of some of the earthiness found in the nose.
Price: $36.49