Alberta Premium Dark Horse Canadian Rye

This is a Canadian rye whiskey from The Whiskey Tasters first ever tasting night over a year ago.  It definitely was one bottle that has set the tone for us since.  We weren’t expecting the Alberta Premium Dark Horse to be as good as it was but it definitely was enjoyed by all.  We came across it because we wanted to do whiskey’s from around the world for our first one.  We had a Irish, a bourbon, a rye, and a blended.  I’ve already written earlier about one we tried being the Pig’s Nose.

This is a blend of 12 year old and 6 year old rye’s, but it’s blended by someone who truly understands what they are doing.  It’s also one of the few Canadian whiskey’s that use 100% rye.  Since there is no rules for the minimum use of rye when making whiskey anything containing 1% or more can be called rye whiskey.  A bottle of Alberta Premium Dark Horse will run around $35 Canadian.  It’s definitely worth the price and worth a pick up

As for the notes on this whiskey are complex.  On the nose you get everything from wet cement to raspberries to molasses to burnt wood among others.  When it first hits your palette you get hit with pepper and vanilla and you get a heaviness from it almost oily when the way it covers your tongue and lingers with each sip, but in a pleasant almost sweet way that surprises you when you see the dark colour in your glass.  For the finish it remains long after it’s been swallowed but again with a sweetness that surprises and entices to go back for more.  Even in the end you can look at your glass and see it still slowly gathering the last bits at the bottom.

As mentioned the bottle runs for around $35 Canadian and can be picked up at the SAQ or LCBO and we here at The Whiskey Tasters definitely recommend trying a dram or two to see how well this bottle holds up.

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