Alberta Premium
Alberta Premium (produced by Alberta Distillers Ltd, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is one of the few remaining 100% rye grain rye whiskies produced in North America. The brand is owned by Beam Suntory[1][2]
Alberta Premium won "Canadian Whisky of the Year" in Jim Murray's 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 Whisky Bibles.[3]
The whisky is quite strongly flavoured for a Canadian whisky, and could be considered less approachable (analogously to the Islay malts in the Scotch whisky domain).[citation needed] There is a distinctively firm, somewhat acid note from the rye grain, which distinguishes Alberta Premium to any taster in a blind lineup of Canadian Whiskies.[citation needed] Unlike its 10-year-old blended stablemate, Alberta Springs, Alberta Premium is only aged for five years – perhaps accounting for some of the comparative feistiness.[citation needed]
Alberta Premium is currently only available in Canada. Despite its unique composition, it occupies the same shelving and price bracket as the staple Canadian whisky brands.
Although blurred out for copyright reasons, the distinctive bottle (and some parts of the label uncensored) can be seen in the Trailer Park Boys series as Jim Lahey's (John Dunsworth) brand of choice. In the episode "Jump the Cheeseburger" (S07E07), the label on Lahey's bottle reads "Jeddore Premium", a fictitious brand in an Alberta Premium bottle. Jeddore is a small community in Nova Scotia near Cole Harbour where Trailer Park Boys is filmed.
See also
- Other 100% rye whiskies:
- Century Distilling's Century Reserve 13 Year Old
- Anchor Brewing Old Potrero
- Woody Creek Distillers Colorado Straight Rye Whiskey
References
- ^ "Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc". Archived from the original on 19 November 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
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- ^ Whisky Bible
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