Information About Canadian Whisky Is At The End Of This Page.
| Black Velvet Reserve 50ml | $.99 |
| Canadian Club 750ml | $12.99 |
| Canadian Club Classic 12yr 750ml | $17.99 |
| Canadian Mist Blended Canadian Whisky 1.75 liter | $14.99 |
| Crown Royal 1.75 liter | $44.99 |
| Crown Royal 200ml | $9.99 |
| Crown Royal 375ml | $14.99 |
| Crown Royal 50ml | $2.99 |
| Crown Royal 750ml | $22.99 |
| Crown Royal Cask No 16 Blended Canadian Whisky Handcrafted And Finished In Cognac Oak Casks 750ml | $99.95 |
| Crown Royal Reserve 750ml | $39.99 |
| Crown Royal XR Extra Rare Exquisitely Blended With A Rare Batch Of Waterloo Canadian Whisky 750ml | $169.95 |
| Forty Creek Premium Barrel Select Canadian Whisky 750ml | $19.99 |
| Hirsch Selection Canadian Rye Whiskey Matured in Oak Casks Aged 12 years 750ml | $39.99 |
| Seagram's VO 1.75 liter | $24.99 |
| Seagram's VO 200ml | $6.99 |
| Seagram's VO 375ml | $9.99 |
| Seagram's VO 50ml | $1.99 |
| Seagram's VO 750ml | $15.99 |
The History of Canadian Whisky dates back to the 1800's when Rum, which was prevalent was mixed with "high wine", which was a whisky spirit made from grains. This made it stretch further and added flavor. Fur Traders quickly realized that the Indians had no use for gold or money. However, they enjoyed "fire-water".
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The Seagram Museum in Waterloo, Ontario, exhibition, which opened in the mid 90's, "200 Years of Tradition: the Story of Canadian Whisky" explores Canadian whisky place names and history. It boasts of sixty-six whisky/whiskey places names. One is, Whiskey Gap, named by American whisky traders who took advantage of this natural gap in the Milk River Ridge to smuggle liquor from Montana to Fort Whoop-Up, in Lethbridge, Alberta, the most famous of whisky trading posts, during the 1870s and 1880s. On May 23, 1873, the Canadian Parliament formed the NorthWest Mounted Police to abolish the whisky trade. They formed with Indian Leaders and soon had the trade quieted down.
In Canada, the temperance movement began in 1915. Prohibition was declared in the United States in 1919. Alberta's prohibition lasted from 1916 to 1924. With over 3,000 miles of lake and river frontage, whisky was passed back and forth. In 1924, two-thirds of the whisky imported to the US came across from Canada, according the US Coast Guard. This accounted for approximately $40 million worth of liquor.
Although the most famous, Al Capone wasn't the only supplier to the States. Seagram's, was acquired by Samuel and Alan Bronfman, in 1927. Their new company, The Distillers Corp. founded in 1928, shipped thousands of gallons of liquor into the U.S. Another company that originated during prohibition was Schenley's. Canadian whisky popularity, and in particular Seagram's, can be attributed to prohibition. There was bathtub gin, homemade, and "the good stuff".
Seagram's jumped on the bandwagon to become a legitimate importer and manufacturer with the repeal of prohibition in the U.S., in 1933. VO and Crown Royal are some of the most popular brands of Canadian Whisky today.
Most Canadian Whisky contains rye, it is not straight rye whisky; but a lighter blend. It is mostly blended with corn. Some blends even contain Bourbon. It is second in consumption only to Vodka in the U.S. today. Canadian whisky may be bottled either in the U.S. or in Canada. Canadian whisky must be aged in oak casks for a minimum of three years.