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Wiser's 23 YO Cask Strength Blend

Another Masterpiece from the Master Blender

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@paddockjudgeReview by @paddockjudge

1st Jul 2020

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Wiser's 23 YO Cask Strength Blend
  • Nose
    22
  • Taste
    25
  • Finish
    24
  • Balance
    22
  • Overall
    93

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  • Brand: Wiser's
  • ABV: 64.3%
  • Batch: L19267EW1145

Don Livermore has given us many fine whiskies during this past decade. Wiser’s 23 YO is my favourite, yes, even above Legacy.

This bottle is now open five weeks and sits half-full. Sipped neat from a Glencairn glass. At 64.3% a.b.v. this whisky is not for the faint of heart.

N: Sweet and inviting, a hint of brown sugar and butter. Not overly aggressive, yet far from gentle. Light fruits with ripe Thompson seedless grapes leading, Granny Smith apples and fresh apricots following. 22/25

P: Butterscotch with the emphasis on B U T T E R. Butterscotch Life Savers at 64.3% a.b.v. Sweetness, then heat bordering on boldness. Upon entry I’m tempted to hold this, but my inner-glutton compels me to complete the task. I release the deliciousness and I’m immediately overwhelmed by intense joy. Upon the exit my Whisky G-spot is triggered, lit-up, set ablaze…I didn’t know I had one! Hahaha JOY! 25/25

F: The goodness lingers…and tingles. A faint oaky bitterness, not dirty, but pleasant. The joyful sweetness persists. There is no burn, no unpleasantness, only the strong desire to continue. I repeat, again, and again, and again. The enjoyment does not diminish…wave after wave of enjoyment. The butterscotch is intensified by the ample a.b.v. A refreshing breeze of mentho-lyptus brushes past, so fast and so gentle that I question if it is real or imagined. 24/25

B: Clean, tasty, and addictive. Not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but beautifully imperfect. Sweet and bitter, the long-aged corn whisky has teased bitter notes from the experienced casks, perhaps a splash or two of rye lends itself to this as well…not 23 year-old rye, yet rye mature enough to arouse the sweet corn which has slept for 23 winters….or perhaps more. 23/25

Without any doubt, my favourite Canadian Whisky.

I am thankful our Whisky Team is looking out for me. Excellent scouting by @fiddich1980 and a successful harvest by @Nozinan landed me a handful of these at a 30% discount.

11 comments

@RianC
RianC commented

@paddockjudge - Sounds awesome!

4 years ago 1Who liked this?

@chelseafcchamps
chelseafcchamps commented

Saw the post about the $105 but sadly couldn’t take advantage - great win! Did manage to capitalize on the $20 Canada Day sale though. Can’t wait for it to come in!

4 years ago 3Who liked this?

Astroke commented

Did pull the trigger on the Canada Day $20 off as my open bottle is down to a near heel. Amazingly enough the email came in today that it is ready for pick up.

4 years ago 3Who liked this?

@paddockjudge
paddockjudge commented

@chelseafcchamps, @Astroke, I missed the $20 discount on Canada Day... I was being all patriotic and stuff, eh?!

4 years ago 1Who liked this?

Astroke commented

@paddockjudge What's more patriotic than supporting a Canadian distillery owned by a French conglomerate :)

4 years ago 2Who liked this?

@paddockjudge
paddockjudge commented

@Astroke, SACRE BLEU!! They are everywhere! Hide the vent-trois.

4 years ago 1Who liked this?

@Nozinan
Nozinan commented

@paddockjudge Hide the third wind? GO ahead. I'll save the plus sage vingt trois!

4 years ago 1Who liked this?

@Nozinan
Nozinan commented

@Astroke It is not less patriotic to buy it at a steeper discount... that way you can buy more and support Canadian industry in this difficult time.

4 years ago 2Who liked this?

@paddockjudge
paddockjudge commented

@Nozinan, it’s my fonetic phrancais.... I miss my blackberry

4 years ago 1Who liked this?

@Nock
Nock commented

I have to agree with @RianC that this does sound good and interesting. I certainly hope you are able to hold one to a small sample so that on that great day in the far flung future where we are able to sit around a table again . . . I am able to have a small taste. Who knows? I might love it . . .

Sad that we will never see such things south of the boarder. But then that has been reiterated by many others far more eloquently.

4 years ago 2Who liked this?

@paddockjudge
paddockjudge commented

@Nock, a sample will be saved for our next gathering....as will many other samples. I'm anticipating a large number of whiskies to be offered at this future gathering, we'll need two nights.

4 years ago 1Who liked this?