Alberta Premium Rye Cask Strength Batch Comparison
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- A strong Canadian Rye goes head-to-head with a previous (and wildly different) barrel pick of the "same" whiskey's new batch.
Big thanks to Richard Amiro for the bottle. Cheers ya M.B.!
I literally just watched the episode about this whiskey after the episode of How to Drink when Greg praised it using it in the Manhattan. Did anyone else see it?
Nothing like watching a man drink himself into a coma for science.
SAME
Watched it yesterday. Greg was so wasted! It was a good one.
Yes! Same here lol
AKA The One Where Greg Gets A Week Long Hangover
In southern Alberta it's around 33 below zero F at the moment. We need that antifreeze back here immediately.
Lol same here in Minnesota, it’s been -30 wind chill for the last 4 days
-55 with the windchill damn its cold here
Here's a long story: When I moved into my apartment (first time living on my own) I got a globe bar and a leather recliner to sit and read and drink like the old man I was on my way to becoming lol I only had mixer alcohols like Kahlua/Amaretto/Southern Comfort etc... and wanted to get a bottle of some strong manly whiskey. My only experience drinking whiskey previously was Jack Daniel's. So I picked up a bottle of Wild Turkey 84 proof. Tried it neat, and it burned and was seriously unpleasant. Tried it with a big ole ice cube... still unpleasant. Tried it watered down... gave up. So it sat in the globe for the next 5 years untouched. Until I got into cigars with my nephew and we wanted to smoke and have a glass of some nice bourbon together and we went halves on Woodford Reserve Double Oaked. Half way through the bottle and 2 months later we FINALLY smelled caramel!! It was a mind blowing experience! I started watching UA-cam videos about whiskey and fell down the rabbit hole... and now have 50 bottles. When my nephew comes over, we pour each other a little without the other knowing what it is and test and develop our senses. We are still beginners so we try to guess whisky/bourbon/scotch. Then for extra credit, we try to guess the bottle/brand. A few weeks ago, my nephew poured me a glass and I poured him one and as I smelled mine I described it as very light and mellow. Took a sip and said it went down very easy like it was watered down almost and wasnt sure what it was.... then he told me it was that original bottle of Wild Turkey!!! It blew my mind and made me so happy and proud to know how far I had come that I could describe something that was undrinkable when I first got it as light and almost fruity now. I was so happy... and so excited for the rest of this journey. It's going to take me at least a year to work my way through my collection... and in anticipation of my taste development, starting 2021, I started buying exclusively cask strength bottles, but I am not opening any until I have finished everything I have now. Thank you Rex and Dan and all the Magnificent Bastards for helping me on this journey! Cheers 👍
From Canada here, have been trying to get a bottle off this for forever. Today is your lucky day.
Don’t forget that until recently, the very expensive line of Whistle Pig whiskies was sourced from Alberta Premium. It is MGP-sourced now.
Alberta distillers are a great group. As far as budget rye is concerned they're cream of the crop, and they can do legit high end stuff too. The cask strength is soooo good. Could be biased since I'm local, but really don't think they can be beat in the rye game.
Nathan G I agree. I hope they do more premium releases for us Canadians in the future. Cheers!
Bought it on a whim last week and loved it. At $60 it's fantastic!
Good Morning all you MB's
I had to laugh as the "what is this other language?" bit
“What's his name's” whisky if the year. His name's Jim, but pretty sure you knew that. Great video, guys!
Hahaha oh they definitely know
Jim, is that you?
Rex, thank you for actually reading my Facebook dad joke. And Daniel, thank you for turning that into a real answer :).
Actually really had been curious, even though I was making a cheap dad joke.
In the words of jim layhey “im sober enough to know what I’m doing but I’m drunk enough to really enjoy doing it”
“IAM THE LIQUOR”
These two bottles deserve a return visit in July. I'll bet they'll be closer then.
Daniel, the "skin" IS the mochi. You're eating mochi filled with ice cream. You just like green tea ice cream, dude. :)
I was today years old when I learned that
@@JWD4492 me too
One of my favs!!
I have a bottle of this 66% whiskey. It may not be best but definitely very good stuff. Let it open for few days, it’s magical
I just grabbed some of this yesterday, makes a rather spicy Manhattan
Terrific Canadian Rye! I like Lot 40 as well.
Full Proof Weller as your first bottle? Wowsers
I really enjoy when you do Canadian whiskeys so many whiskeys you guys try we can't get in Canada
The problem is, Canadian whiskey isn't always whiskey. Yall play it fast and loose with mash bills, additives, neutral grain, and food coloring. In 'Murica, we have a legal definition to bourbon and rye.
@@benjamingardner3314 That''s ignorant to say. We have a legal definition in Canada too. It just doesn't match YOUR rule book. Most countries do it differently from Americans. You wouldn't discount Scotch as "not whisky" though, would you?
Not always true. Can’t put neutral grain spirit like vodka, it must be aged atleast aged 3 years in oak, therefore it’s whisky. Also, it’s Canadian whisky not whiskey.
Canada does have a wierd 11:1 ratio rule. Meaning, with 11 parts whisky; distillers CAN add 1 part of another liquor. There was one that is 1 part mescal to 11 parts whisky. It doesn't happen all the time, but it CAN happen. I'm excited to try the 66% as I couldn't get my hands on the 65%
I wished that they would have tried them with a little water. Good episode regardless.
The 65% Cask Strength was Jim Murrays Whisky of the year for 2020. The 66% is the new limited edition, edition.
Love these comparison videos. Super helpful to understand!
So hard to find, even in Canada. I just order 2 bottles this morning as it was just released in Ontario.
I agree if it's not mainstream it seems to be tricky to get in Ontario
It's sitting on the shelves here in AB. I'm sure it'll even out and you'll start seeing it soon enough. What are they charging for it in Ontario?
@@adamlogan384 70 bucks at LCBO
Usually if it’s just been awarded best whisky by Jim Murray it may take a while to find in LCBO. When Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye won, it took a few weeks to find it stocked in abundance in store.
I just bought the 66.0%. I taste an umami aftertaste. Seaweed. Chinese traditional medicine. Furniture polish.
I'm not sure I like it but it only cost $37.00, so no big loss.
I keep seeing people go on and on about this rye, I might have to see if I can pick a bottle up if it's not sold out across Ontario. Alberta Premium has always been like, a slight step over Canadian Club to me. Cheap Canadian Whisky that is bought pretty much exclusively to change how Coke tastes but isn't quite as medicinal as CC. But How To Drink was going on in a recent video about how well the AP Cask went in cocktails and if you non-rye guys are saying it's pretty good, sounds like something that might be right up my ally!
I agree. CC is pretty much bar sink rye IMO and Alberta Premium is a minor step up - commiserating with the likes of 5Star and Golden Wedding. Mixer rye only. I would have to try a sample to believe that AP could up their game to neat status.
Perfect timing! I just bought one of those bottles this weekend
Greg at How to Drink loved it for Manhattans. Check out that video if you want to see a guy drink 42 manhattans in half an hour.
@@wingracer1614 oh I watch it! Greg was my gateway UA-camr that got me into whiskey. I am glad that he lived.
picked up a bottle of this a few nights ago and its amazing
Well this is weird. I was JUST researching this whisky because Greg from How to Drink mentioned how great it is in a recent episode. Too bad it's well over $100.
I have the 66% batch and for me I really like the first sip or two, ... but then after that a herbal/minty note starts to become increasingly overpowering and by the time it's time for a second pour it tastes like mouthwash and I move onto something else.
I was searching (online) one of my local liquor stores for cask strength bourbons and this came up and when I went to UA-cam to find a review on it, and I found out that its a $60 bottle and the site listed it at $31.99, I searched other stores and every one of them had it listed for $69.99! I got their as quickly as I could and that ($31.99) was the price? the clerk that helped me said it was the last bottle and that "they" whoever they are said to drop the price and I told him if that's so, you're the only ones passing the savings on to your costumers everyone else has it for $69.99. He said Well then you better savor it because you most likely won't be getting another for that price. Mine is the newer bottle and its only 63.7% abv. still 127.4% for $31.99, can't wait to try it! Great review and 🥃Cheers!
RIP John Dunsworth
Second batch is very good for Cask strength. Didn't get the first one was gone before it hit the shelves. The second batch sold for $59 + tax Canadian dollars in Alberta.
I came across a good scotch blend over the weekend. Try about 80-85% Glenfarclas 12 with the rest Lagavulin 8. It really amped up the black pepper spice I get from Glenfarclas without overwhelming the base of butterscotch and jam flavors
Glen farclas tastes like tequilla
It is a great deal online at the LCBO. I am looking forward to trying it when it shows up at our local store for pickup next week.
Great episode! Thanks!
I really enjoy watching these guys but I don't think I'll ever be a whisky drinker. I bought a blended Scotch (40%) tried it neat, on ice, with water and chilled in the freezer overnight. All I could taste and smell was alcohol. I fear either addiction or poisoning before I get to the point where I the alcohol doesn't make me wince. Any advice would be appreciated but regardless I'll still watch, I just find them really entertaining.
Some people can't drink alcohol neat, I'm one of them. I've tried every variety, cheap and expensive. All I get is alcohol burn.
I drink 10+ % beer instead.
Drink it how ever you enjoy it. Obviously you dont want to waste the money you spent so id suggest trying it with some coke or lemonade, or try to make an old fashioned even if you dont have the bitters the extra dilution and sugar might make it more appatising. It took me a while to like whisky but I work(ed) in a pub so would try different things, its just something that takes time to get use to and still cant pick out half the notes these guys can. What is the scotch you have? If you can try The Glenlivet Founds Reserve, its a fairly cheap single malt so shouldnt be as abrasive as the blended (obviously depends where you live to the price but if you can get it for £25/ your equivalent id say its worth the money and was one the of the first scotchs I enjoyed, now I find adding ice to it just makes it taste watery but maybe not a bad thing for you. Hope that helped at all.
@@ryandryer3422 Thanks for the advice. I gave the Scotch I had to someone who enjoys it. I guess I'll try some cocktails for now.
When covid is over y'all should (please) do a video going through the Colorado Spirits Trail, trying to hit up some of the 62 distilleries listed (although one of those is Santa Fe Spirits in New Mexico).
Instant LIKE : great Episode !
What is "shiny" in elation to smell / flavor / taste? This is beginning to feel like smooth...
HDT made a bunch of manhattans that included this whiskey. They seems to be his favorite
"....I also think whiskey is good for drinking Daniel" - Rex
Daniel, I am the liquor.
Picked this up a few weeks ago and still haven't cracked it open yet. BTW it's widely available in Pennsylvania.
Was driving thru Pennsylvania couple weeks ago and seen it, didn’t pull the trigger on it tho
Good morning
Hey Daniel, you do know that they sell green tea ice cream? You can enjoy it without the mochi texture you don't like.
just picked this up, waaay too easy to sip on for 66%
Haven't popped mine yet. This will be my first foray into cask strength/barrel proof. Gonna go side by side with some Rare Breed I think.
Does anyone else get a cotton candy note on the 66% version?? I get it every time and nobody else seems to pick up on that flavor.
my fave
This is what Jim Lahey drinks.
Alberta Premium was the bottle he drank in the ending shot after Randy jumped the cheeseburger, right?
@@ericellis2729 correct, he's back on the rye.
still dont understand the difference between these two is it just the slight alc %?
I've noticed that all MBs who get credit in the videos all used the same shirtless dude. Have you ever considered adding one with a woman (doesn't have to be shirtless) when a women donates a bottle?
One bottle open for months with air exposure, one just opened ... and they are amazed there is that much difference...Do you even whisk(e)y Bro?
They just did an episide about a month ago comparing how old compares with new bottles.
Ok guys, as a descriptor on the slow unfold quality I typically say its a "creeper effect" but that has some semi negative associations with it now so yeah.
Dill pickle. That's the most forward note I get
Good video 🥃
Canada keeps the good stuff....still... the 65.1 was released only in canada from what I've seen and we got the 66.0 sub par one lol.
From what I hear, it isn't sub par at all. I haven't opened mine yet, but it it is apparently a fantastic stand alone rye. Give it a chance, man. You might like it.
@@adamlogan384 one is significantly better than the other still
@@YoJimBo851610 that's fair, but at least we're starting to try cask strength shit. And also we're starting to move our good stuff south. Maybe we can mitigate our poor reputation over time. Gotta start somewhere lol.
But to be fair, we don't necessarily get your good stuff either. The Bookers we get is all from fake no name batches, no JD BP Rye, etc. It's kind of a 2 way street in that regard. You guys make so much more whiskey though (it seems like), and you don't care so much for Canadian whisky, so it's a bit less noticeable to us.
Yah, the labeling is actually how you can tell which one is from Canada. All of our labeling has to have French and English on it. If there's no french it wasn't released for the Canadian market.
so if you dilute the newer one to the strength of the older will you get the same?
That's funny, I watched the original episode earlier today.
Good Morning Gentlemen.
Morning
The mooch truly has fallen on hard times. Rex forgot the Dad Joke rule.
I see you all have been doing a lot of flavor drift and comparing batches.
Have you done or considered eagle rare i just picked up a bottle from my local haunt and thought it was a little diffrent from the last time but i don't drink all that often so figured id ask.
Anyway have a good day everybody
Daniel answers the rhetorical joke question 😂😂
I want to try this. Here in Calgary and I can't get this on sale.
You may have gone into this at some point. But why is rye whiskey so popular in Canada? Does that crop just grow in abundance in Canada or something?
It’s a hardier crop better adjusted to the colder climates of Canada
I look foirward in finding this Rye. I can’t get any either from LCBO or SAQ. Dam....
I thought they were generous about the finish. It does start as a burn in the throat, but then it slowly goes down until it feels like what I can only describe as a python being wrapped around the sternum... and it won't let go! Highly disappointed in this whiskey considering the accolades.
Anybody else starting to worry about Rex’s “Underpants Radius”?
We had the barefoot episodes and now the mic paraphernalia is migrating to the front pocket.
it’s the kids
How much do different types of barley (Scottish, peated, etc.) cost per run?
Yeah I didn’t pull the trigger when I seen Alberta in the store. Too many other great options
So does this mean that each one of those bottles came from a different barrel? So it isn't so much flavor drift, but how it matured in the barrel?
The old one is batch 1 and the new one is batch 2. So not only different barrels, but different juice too.
I kinda like it better now that you have to do more common bottles due to advertising on the channel and we don't have to suffer through all the 14 month old rice whiskies from Vermont
Also this isn't a flavor drift, they literally just made a 2nd batch so it's different. Two batches in total
Wild Turkey 101 vs WT Rare Breed, what's your favorite?
Based on straight flavor, Rare Breed. Taking price into account, 101
Mix 1/3 Rare Breed and 2/3 RR 10 year
@@taylorb7191 what's RR?
@@MrRossman2 Russell's Reserve
@@micahens5897 Rare Breed with Russel's Reserve, huh? I have to admit I wasn't a big fan of Russel's Reserve because of the price point, but now you're making me want to revisit it.
When are we going to hear the grouse story Rex?
Is there a review on EC toasted barrel?
Nice touch with the spelling. Cheers
Too bad it's almost impossible to get in Toronto.
Between November and now, Alberta Distillers has been advertising this whisky as "award winning" on billboards here in Calgary, Alberta. They do not reference "What's his name" anywhere. But they acknowledge the award.....hmmmm......I still have half a bottle of the first release and it's not going anywhere anytime soon. I get bubble gum, dill and fake sweet. So not my favorite.
Yeah they'll take the accolades that come along with the "award winning" but won't mention Murrays name because it is not politically correct, goofy eh
@@robertzemko6590 yeah. very goofy.
I prefer mine
Hi 🖐🏼 🥃
Lol french and English are on all labels across Canada
Where did the "H" go from Herbal?
It's a silent H in non-British dialects.
Only time it’s pronounced is in the name Herb but not when referring to herbs or herbal flavors
too bad you can't buy it in Ontario. thanks lcbo.
The boys dump all over Alberta Premium then drool over Whistlepig Rye. Whistlepig is Alberta Premium. It’s the same whiskey with a different finish. And sometimes, like with Whistlepig’s barrel releases, it’s literally identical.
I don’t get it. And these two know they’re the same, which makes their criticism all the stranger. They’re not really criticizing Alberta Premium in this review the way they normally do, but compare this review to ANY Whistlepig review. C’mon.
I need a gif made from 6:29 to 6:30. 😂
Not First!
These vids the only way to get a basterd up before 10
I am up at 530 and to work at 730am, so I get to watch most every morning :)
Neck pour for 66%, not a fair comparison
Not impressed with this stuff. Just hot alcohol burn - overpowering.
Yo start the pour!
Christopher Columbus 1st
You guys are crazy. That stuff smells like scope mouthwash. Tastes delicious but smells like fake mint and astringent.
Never really liked Alberta. Tastes too much like moonshine to me.
Boooo Alberta
- An Albertan