Windsor whiskey portable#
In 1987, Fortune Brands (Beam Global) also had an eye for quality 100 % rye grain whisky, and they in turn purchased both the Windsor brand and the ADL Distillery from National (source: Canadian Whisky the Portable Expert, Copyright 2012 – Davin De Kergoumeaux, McClelland & Stewart publishers). The brand quickly became so popular that this American firm purchased the ADL Distillery in order to secure a plentiful source of high quality 100 % rye grain whisky for bottling and blending. Of course, I could be wrong, Maybe ADL has a secret aging warehouse in the Rockies, (but I doubt it).Īn interesting bit of history regarding Windsor Canadian is that the whisky was originally launched as Windsor Supreme in 1963 by the American firm, National Distillers. And Calgary’s elevation at 1083m above sea levels is much closer to a kilometer than it is to mile. As far as I know, the producers of Windsor Canadian, Alberta Distillers, age all of their whisky on site in Calgary, which is located about 70 miles east of those Rocky Mountains, on the western edge of the Canadian Prairies. However, I find the statement that the Whisky is aged in the ‘dry, mile high Rocky Mountains’ a little hard to swallow.
Windsor whiskey license#
I suppose we should allow the marketing gurus at Beam Suntory a little poetic license when they make the claim that Windsor Canadian is Canada’s smoothest Whisky, as this is purely a judgement call and would be ‘in the eye of the beholder’ so to speak.
Windsor is made from cereal grains grown near Calgary, Alberta, combined with the pure, clear glacial stream water of Western Canada and aged in the dry, mile-high Canadian Rocky Mountains. “A light, delicately flavored whisky, Windsor® Canadian is Canada’s smoothest. Beam Suntory gives the following description on their website information regarding this whisky,
Windsor Canadian is currently produced by Beam Suntory at the Alberta Distillers Limited (ADL) facility in Calgary Alberta. Review: Windsor Canadian Whisky (85.5/100)Ī review by Chip Dykstra (AKA Arctic Wolf)
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