Alberta Distillers

Canadian Whisky

Most recent reviews of 15:

Tasting notes by talexander on 18th Apr 2013
A Bunch Of Canucks - Part IV 86/100

Tasting notes by galg on 21st Mar 2013
Rich, wonderful Rye 86/100

Average rating

84

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This score was calculated from 15 reviews and 25 ratings by the community.

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  • Alberta Distillers Alberta Premium Dark Horse - A Bunch Of Canucks - Part IV

    By talexander on 18th Apr 20132013-04-18T23:25:00

    86

    The last two Canadian whiskies I reviewed were flavoured whiskies (or, to coin a friend's phrase, "Frankenwhiskies.") Does this offering from Alberta Distillers fall into that category, given it has 0.5… read more

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  • Alberta Distillers Alberta Premium Dark Horse - Rich, wonderful Rye

    By galg on 21st Mar 20132013-03-21T12:45:00

    86

    Nose: Starts with acetone , spices , leather and vanilla ice cream. Herbs with nice sweet edge to it. Nice rye spiciness with hint of sherry. Fruity (dark fruit) and very intense and perfumed. This is… read more

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  • Alberta Distillers Alberta Premium Dark Horse - Dark, Murky, and Spicy

    By Victor on 10th Mar 20132013-03-10T04:18:00

    86

    Thanks for the reviewed sample is given to @paddockjudge. The reviewed sample is from bottle # L2249AD201180917, opened December 2012, 3 months ago. While Alberta Distillers whiskies usually use a grain… read more

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  • Alberta Distillers Masterson's 10 Year Old Straight Rye Whiskey - Canadian Born, American Sold

    By talexander on 12th Feb 20132013-02-12T00:35:00

    91

    Bat Masterson was born in Canada, but made his fame in the US as a frontier lawman in the American Old West. Masterson's 10 Year Old was born in Canada, but got it's name (and bottling, packaging and … read more

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  • Alberta Premium - Violets and Roses

    By markjedi1 on 23rd Dec 20122012-12-23T10:11:00

    85

    The Alberta Distillery was founded in 1946 near Calgary by Frank McMahon and Max Bell. The first was an oil tycoon, the second a newspaper magnate, both knew nothing of distilling. So they attracted G… read more

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  • Alberta Premium - Big and simple.

    By Matthieu on 3rd Oct 20122012-10-03T01:50:00

    77

    Drunk neat. Nose: Strong. Vanilla and spices. Nice. Taste: Comes in neither cool nor warm. Slightly sweet, with spices coming in as it warms. There is actually not much going on here. Finish: Big spicy… read more

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  • Alberta Distillers Alberta Premium Dark Horse - Big-time fruit

    By Megawatt on 1st Oct 20122012-10-01T02:51:00

    82

    This new expression from Alberta Premium competes with Crown Royal Black in the higher-proof, extra-coloured Canadian whisky category. The label states that it uses some small pot-distilled rye in the… read more

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  • Alberta Distillers Alberta Premium 30 Years Old - Old and Used-To-Be-Delicate Rye

    By Victor on 13th Sep 20122012-09-13T03:31:00

    87

    Alberta Premium 30 Year Old is 100% rye mash whisky distilled at Alberta Distillers Limited, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The reviewed bottle has been open about ten months and is half full Nose: fr… read more

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  • Alberta Distillers Alberta Premium 30 Years Old - Happy Canada Day - Part I

    By talexander on 29th Jun 20122012-06-29T23:52:00

    80

    Some time ago, I wrote a very short review of Alberta Premium (one of the first that I wrote here), and only scored it a 75. If I wrote it now, it would probably be in the high-80s, low-90s. But here I… read more

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  • Alberta Premium - Alberta Premium

    By talexander on 15th Aug 20112011-08-15T01:12:00

    75

    This review is based on tasting notes a wrote a few months ago, so memory is hazy. A gentle, warm floral aroma of citrus, with a very rye flavor (Alberta whiskies are almost exclusively rye) - sweet and… read more

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