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Whisky Review: Crown Royal Blended Canadian Whisky

We review Crown Royal, the well known Canadian whisky in the purple bag.

OVERALL RATING

5
  • Austin Scarberry is a writer and pastry chef.
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Tasting Notes

About:

80 proof (40% ABV), aged three years in white oak.
Appearance:
The whisky is pale copper in color and has medium viscosity.
Nose:
The nose is crisp, sweet, and mellow. The aroma of cooked sugar underlies an even, appley tone.
Palate:
The mouthfeel is quite soft and forgiving. The whisky goes down faster than you’d expect, if you let it. Flavors present include vanilla and cantaloupe, though these two are overpowered by a somewhat uninteresting fuji apple note throughout. Afterwards the finish leaves a delicate tingle, on the shorter side of medium length.
Finish:
Comments:
This is a very sippable whisky, yet there isn’t much to discover beneath the surface. Though its breeziness may make it easy and pleasing to drink, the returns diminish rapidly and leave only an extremely light, oversweet profile. This whisky is much better suited to cocktails than to drinking straight.

Editor’s Note: This whiskey was either bought as a sample by The Whiskey Wash or provided to us as a review sample by the party behind it. Per our editorial policies, this in no way influenced the outcome of this review.

Austin Scarberry

Austin Scarberry is a Portland, Oregon-based writer and pastry chef. His culinary expertise uniquely informs his reviews, as he brings the gentle thoughtfulness of baking to his whiskey writing. Beyond The Whiskey Wash, Austin indulges his passion for creative writing, focusing primarily on poetry and fantasy/sci-fi genres. His literary works have been featured in Sci-Phi Journal and Oprelle Publications' poetry anthology "Matter — 2021 Edition II".

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