{"id":5333,"date":"2023-10-28T05:05:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T05:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/?post_type=embm_beer&p=5333"},"modified":"2023-10-30T03:52:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T03:52:42","slug":"crown-royal-fine-de-luxe-whisky","status":"publish","type":"embm_beer","link":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/beers\/crown-royal-fine-de-luxe-whisky\/","title":{"rendered":"Crown Royal – Fine De Luxe Whisky"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Crown Royal Fine De Luxe<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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So here we are, after taking a tour through all the other major spirits of the world, I have reached whisky. I actually tried to do this a few years ago, starting with bourbon, but quickly realized I just didn’t have the palate for it, nor the knowledge of cocktails to really enjoy it. So now I optimistically begin anew with Canadian blended whisky.<\/p>\n

Smells of maple syrup, oak, toffee, and vanilla. The taste is lightly sweet with flavors of caramel, wheat biscuits, toffee, butterscotch, and maple syrup. The finish is long with a gentle burn, featuring notes of oak, maple syrup, hazelnut, and white pepper. Overall, it’s smooth, lightly sweet, and very aromatic with a balanced oak profile. I honestly do enjoy sipping this neat, and am very excited to try it in cocktails!<\/p>\n

The classic whisky sour<\/a> (sans egg white here) is sweet, sour, and just a little bit spicy, with the bitters standing out more than the whisky. Remade without the bitters and the whisky shines, adding a nice counterpoint to the sweet\/sour introduction and is very refreshing.<\/p>\n

A Washington Apple<\/a> is green apple and tart cranberry up front with a lightly bitter, lightly peppery finish that ends on just a touch of burnt caramel and vanilla. I feel this could be better with different ratios. A splash (~5ml) of lime juice seems to help tie the cranberry and apple together more, though the whisky notes become entirely obscured. A simplified 1:1:1 ratio is much better balanced, though the whisky presence essentially just a hint of vanilla in the finish. A lime wedge adds brightness and becomes reminiscent of a Cape Codder with notes of green apple. 2:1:1 is nicely whisky forward without feeling unbalanced; oak and vanilla dominant, with the green apple and cranberry providing background highlights. A lime wedge brings out the sour apple and tart cranberry notes and greatly attenuates the whisky notes. The shot version<\/a> of the drink is cranberry and vanilla forward with notes of green apple and caramel underneath. Surprisingly the best balanced of them all I think, though the 1:1:1 has more apple and the 2:1:1 has more whisky if you prefer either of those flavors.<\/p>\n

The classic and simple Crown & Cola brings out more of the oak and caramel flavors underneath the cola. A dash of lemon juice brightens the drink and helps temper the oak.<\/p>\n

A Boulevardier<\/a> is lightly sweet and fruity with subtle jammy notes up front and a big bitter finish reminiscent of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. The whisky is surprisingly subdued.<\/p>\n

A Manhattan is balanced, sweet and bitter, fruity and woody; flavors of Vermouth and cherry up front become oak, vanilla, and bitters in the finish.<\/p>\n

An Old Fashioned is fruity and peppery up front with a nice balanced oakiness and notes of maple, caramel, and vanilla in the finish. Very enjoyable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","embm_styles":[265],"embm_groups":[],"embm_menus":[],"class_list":["post-5333","embm_beer","type-embm_beer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","embm_style-canadian-whisky"],"embm_profile":{"malts":"","hops":"","additions":"","yeast":"","abv":40,"ibu":null},"embm_extras":{"availability":"","notes":"","beer_number":null},"embm_untappd":{"id":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embm_beers\/5333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embm_beers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/embm_beer"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5333"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embm_beers\/5333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5366,"href":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embm_beers\/5333\/revisions\/5366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"embm_style","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embm_styles?post=5333"},{"taxonomy":"embm_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embm_groups?post=5333"},{"taxonomy":"embm_menu","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embm_menus?post=5333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}