Canadian whisky is whisky made in Canada; by law it must be aged there at least three years in a barrel. Most Canadian whiskies are blended multi-grain whiskies. These are often casually called "rye whisky" although they contain proprietary blends of corn (maize), barley, and rye.

Canadian whisky featured prominently in illegal imports (known as bootlegging) into the U.S. during Prohibition in the 1920s. Hiram Walker and Seagram's have distilleries on the Detroit River across from Detroit, Michigan that easily served small, fast smuggling boats. The long mainly unpatrolled U.S.-Canadian border made smuggling fairly easy.

Canadian single malt

Since 1991 Glenora, an independent distillery in Glenville, Nova Scotia, on Cape Breton Island, has been producing unblended malt whisky in the Scottish style. Their product, Glen Breton Rare, was as of 2003 the only single malt whisky produced in Canada, and the oldest of the few produced in the Americas.

List of Canadian whiskies

Canadian single malt

• Glenora Distillery , Glenville, Nova Scotia (independent)
  • Glen Breton Rare

Canadian blended whisky

• Alberta Distillers , Calgary (independent)
  • Alberta Premium
  • Alberta Springs Rye Whisky 10 Years Old
  • Tangle Ridge Aged 10 Years

• Allied Domecq
  • McGuinness Silk Tassel

• Barton
  • Barton's Canadian 36 Months Old
  • Canadian Host
  • Canadian Supreme
  • Corby's Canadian 36 Months Old
  • McMaster's
  • Northern Lights

• Canadian Mist Distillers , Collingwood, Ontario (Brown-Forman)
  • Canadian Mist

• Century Distilling , Vancouver
  • Century Reserve 8 Year Old
  • Century Reserve 13 Year Old
  • Century Reserve 15 Year Old
  • Century Reserve 21 Year Old

• Corby Distilleries , Toronto (Allied)
  • Gooderham & Worts Ltd
  • Lot No. 40
  • Pike Creek
  • Royal Reserve

• Gimli Distillery , Gimli, Manitoba

• Highwood Distillery , High River, Alberta
  • Centennial 10 Year Old Rye Whisky
  • Highwood Canadian Rye Whisky
  • Saskatchewan Wheatland Rye Whisky

• Hiram Walker (Allied)
  • Canadian Club Premium
  • Canadian Club Sherry Cask Aged Eight Years
  • Canadian Club Reserve 10 Years of Age
  • Canadian Club Premium Classic Aged 12 Years
  • Hiram Walker Special Old Rye Whisky
  • Wiser's De Luxe
  • Wiser's De Luxe 10 Years Old
  • Wiser's Special Blend

• Kittling Ridge (independent)
  • Forty Creek Barrel Select
  • Forty Creek Three Grain

• Maple Leaf Distillers , Winnipeg
  • Canadian Cellars Rye Whisky

• Schenley (Barton)
  • Black Velvet DeLuxe
  • Gibson's Finest Aged 12 Years
  • Gibson's Finest Rare Aged 18 Years
  • Gibson's Finest Sterling Edition
  • Schenley Golden Wedding
  • Schenley OFC Aged 8 Years

• Seagram's
  • Crown Royal
  • Crown Royal Limited Edition
  • Crown Royal Special Reserve
  • Seagram's 83 Canadian Whisky
  • Seagram's Five Star Rye Whisky
  • Seagram's VO

External links

• Glenora Distillery