Glen Breton Rare
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Glen Breton Rare is a Canadian single malt whisky. It is distilled and produced by Glenora Distilleries of Glenville, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Created by Glenora Distilleries, the whisky's name was put into question before it had ever sold a bottle. A firm representing 57 different scotch whisky companies from Scotland felt that the Whisky from Cape Breton of Nova Scotia, Canada was misleading potential international buyers by using the term "Glen" in its name -- a term used almost specifically on scotch whisky labels. The distillery started production in June 1990, with bottles hitting the shelves in the early 2000s.
Glen Breton Rare is aged 10 years and is marketed as Canada's only single malt whisky. The natural water source of the distillery is MacLellan's Brook. Glen Breton Rare is Glenora Distilleries only bottling of single malt whisky as of yet. The distillery is open to tours.
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According to Glen Breton Rare's promotional in-box pamphlet, the nose (aroma) of the whisky is medium-bodied, pleasantly fiery, offering a tight combination of butterscotch, heather, honey, and ground ginger, with wood-infused undertones.
The whisky's colour is golden-yellow highlighted with hints of amber and orange.
The palate (taste) of the whisky is light to medium bodied with noticeable alcohol expression. Creamy with toasty wood, almond, caramel, and a subtle hint of charcoal and peat.
A lingering finish (aftertaste), lightly tasting of wood.
