Virginia Black

Looks like an aftershave bottle. Could it double up as a celebrity fragrance?

when you start crying at the tasting your significant other can console you and say "that's ok we're going home...."

Yeah, everybody's a whisk(e)y-maker now! When they strike gold, then everybody goes a-prospecting.

I guess it would be more novel of the celeb to make Canadian whisky than to make bourbon, because about a thousand folks are making bourbon now, and that's actual distilleries, never mind the other 400 sourcing bottlers.

But if celeb Blake is going to "make" (bottle) crappy whisky, do you really want it to be crappy Canadian whisky?

...yeah, Drake...

...and who is Virginia Black? Or is it a reference to the state?

ABV too high for mouthwash

It'd look at home on a shelf next to David Beckham's Haig Club though.

And maybe a bottle of Diddy's Ciroc. Are there any other celebrity spirits I've missed?

Bling

@Pierre, Dan Aykroyd Crystal Head Vodka...also, until recent separation of the ways, Carlos Santana and Casa Noble Tequila.

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Hehe, good stuff! The bigger the celebrity the sillier a bottle I guess.. Are the any good celebrity spirits though?

@Alexsweden, Casa Noble Tequila is first rate, so much so that Carlos Santana has already cashed out after several years in, at a good return I expect. That brand had been doing well before Santana, and to the best of my knowledge is doing fine since Santana.

Thanks moderators for posting my link to Crystal Head as a full image.

No probs @Victor

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I've heard good stuff about number Juan tequila co-owned by comedian Ron white.

I didn't realize all these awesome comments were here! I didn't receive any email notifications that anyone commented on this pithy review.

@Victor I have no idea why it is called Virginia Black. It's not distilled there (in fact there is a note on the back of the bottle that says "Not from Virginia" or something like that. I'm pretty sure it was distilled at MGP.

@Victor I would hope it would be good Canadian whisky. Also, I'm sure he had nothing to do with the creation of it. Probably the tequila guy just got MGP to distill and blend some young bourbons, finished it in casks that held tequila, and Drake put his name on it. That's my guess.

@Alexsweden Apparently the Ron Jeremy rum is actually quite good.

@Alexsweden Cabo Wabo tequila - Sammy Hagar used to own it, but then sold it for a bajillion dollars. Very good tequila.

No hip hoppers huh... In Sweden the rapper petter Alexis actually has a line of cognac that's supposed to be decent. I'm not standing in line to try it though.

Whisky is the only reason I know who David Beckham or Drake are.

OK, I still don't really know who Drake is.

@Ol_Jas - and that's a bad thing....why?

@talexander Hagar may not get the same offer for his abysmal Beach Bar Rum that the LCBO blew out for pocket change in Hamilton last year. Did not even make a decent Rum drink.

@Astroke Ha - wonder why he is bothering? He should just sit back on his gazillion dollars and drink his cares away...

@talexander, The Acid Test: you are isolated for two weeks. You can have only one 750 ml bottle of alcohol and you must choose between Virginia Black and Collingwood 21 YO Rye...notice I stated alcohol, not whisky. Which will it be?

@paddockjudge I would choose Purell...