Canadian Club 20 Year Old

Would this be the 2015 release? I was not that impressed with the 2014 I have.I have read about the earlier releases being much better.

Nice review,

My brother gave me a bottle of this for Christmas about 3 years ago and I enjoyed it, definitely on the oak but so easy to drink. For sure you can find things you would love to see with it (higher proof, single barrel versions) but it's a pretty fine example of Canadian whisky

I just bought it the other day, so I guess that makes it the 2015 version. Decent stuff though not as nice as Danfield's 21 or Alberta Premium 25.

Yes, the D21 much better and although I have tried to get the AP25 on the secondary market I have failed so far to obtain it.

@Megawatt, the 2014 release was not at all to my liking. Ten months later the half-fill bottle has improved. I rated it 71 and would now give it 10 - 12 points more, still not a great iteration. The 2011 (90) and 2012 (91) were both very good, but not in the same league as the extremely delicious Danfield's 21 YO (93.5) or the perfectly balanced AP25 (95.5). My disappointment in the 2014 led me to return two bottles for a pair of Crown Royal Monarch. The move was much to my liking.

@Astroke, AP25 is available on the secondary market. Last year the going price was an arm and a leg. With our declining C$, the market is currently at an arm, a leg, and a kidney.

Monarch is nice indeed. Also funny to think I once paid $23.95 for a bottle of AP25 at the lcbo.

@paddockjudge Could never understand why Alberta Distilleries have not released anything special for so long. I do not include Dark Horse. Why supply everybody with their juice and not start bottling some 45-50% aged Rye. I know they don't have to, but they should.

Those were the days. A bottle of AP25 would cost you 15 - 20 x that now.

@Astroke, As much as I enjoy this topic, I get very frustrated because I do not understand why they would release a 90 proof whisky (Dark Horse) and add 1/4 oz. - 1/2 oz. of sherry to every bottle. AP standard at 90 pf would be a very special whisky, I can't imagine how glorious some of the new oak aged flavouring whisky would be at 90 pf or more....(CC 100% Rye or 1910 Pendleton's on steroids)...now about that longer aged Alberta Rye that comes back to Canada at 5 - 10 x the price... here piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy...