Review: Canadian Club Sherry Cask
The top of the Canadian Club line, this limited-run Canadian whisky is made in small batches and aged a minimum of eight years in white oak barrels and finished in old Jerez sherry casks. Bottled at 82.6 proof into traditional and elegant bottles (complete with natural cork closure), it’s a long way from the Canadian Club you might be used to.
Like most Canadian Club expressions, this dark amber spirit hints at exotic spices, but the nose doesn’t offer many hints. The aroma is mostly of plain alcohol, with just a whiff of caramel.
Canadian Club Sherry Cask opens up considerably when you sip, offering pretty hefty flavors of sweet caramel, oak wood, and a touch of incense. Not very much sherry for my tastebuds, which is a bit surprising. At first I was a little overwhelmed with the Sherry Cask, as there’s a lot going on in this whiskey and it doesn’t always come together quite the way it should, finishing with quite a bit of roughness around the edges as the elements in play here struggle to come together. Continued sipping — sans water, it doesn’t need it — helps make sense of the thing. Nothing here will knock your socks off, but it’s still worth a try if you’re a fan of Canadian — especially if you can find it on the cheap (I’ve seen it advertised for as little as $24 a bottle, though $30 is more common).
82.6 proof.
B / $30
Canadian Club Sherry Cask
$30
Really very good, especially for the price. Very similar to the crown XR, but not as complex, understandably.
Just tried it after purchasing a $16 close-out bottle. My palate might not be up to snuff but I tasted intense sherry flavors. As if it wasn’t just cask aging but actually a mixture of sherry and whisky. Who knows I may be way off but the heavy raisin flavor and overpowering sweetness didn’t let me enjoy this as much as i wanted to. Don’t really know what to do with the rest of the bottle.
I love it ,.. but can’t find it anywhere ??