Canadian whisky
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Canadian whisky is whisky made in Canada; by law it must be aged there at least three years in a barrel. Most Canadian whiskies are blended multi-grain whiskies. These are often casually called "rye whisky" because they contain at least 51% rye whisky. However, they contain proprietary blends of corn and barley in addition to rye.
Canadian whisky featured prominently in illegal imports (known as bootlegging) into the U.S. during Prohibition in the 1920s. Hiram Walker and Seagram's have distilleries in Windsor, Ontario across the Detroit River from Detroit, Michigan that easily served small, fast smuggling boats. The long, undefended U.S.-Canadian border made smuggling fairly easy.
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[edit] Canadian single malt
Since 1991, Glenora, an independent distillery in Glenville, Nova Scotia, on Cape Breton Island, has been producing unblended malt whisky in the Scottish style. Their product, Glen Breton Rare, was as of 2003 the only single malt whisky produced in Canada, and the oldest of the few produced in the Americas. [citation needed]
[edit] Quebec Maple Whisky
In Quebec, Maison des Futailles (owned by the SAQ) produces two so-called maple whiskies. The first one, Fine Sève, is made from the distillation of maple wine (which is then aged in oak barrels, giving it a distinctive taste). The second, Sortilège, is a mix of Canadian whisky and maple syrup. While these two products are not whiskies per se, they have often been described as such.
- Fine Sève
- Sortilège
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[edit] See also
- List of whisky brands
- Bourbon whiskey
- Corn whiskey
- Irish whiskey
- Moonshine
- Rye whiskey
- Scotch whisky
- Tennessee whiskey
- Welsh whisky
- Whisky
