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Started Dec 2, 2018 | Discussions thread
Marco Nero
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Re: Canadian Club Spiced?

Wayne Larmon wrote:

First, excellent post, as always.

But I just had to ask about Canadian Club Spiced. I live in upstate New York State, US. I am not a whisky connoisseur by any means. In fact, Canadian Club was the whisky my family drank and it is the only whisky I've ever drank (by choice.)

But I was surprised to see the mention of Canadian Club Spiced, as I don't remember hearing about it. Is it only available in Australia? I did some quick Googling and all the references for the spiced version seemed to be ".au" and ".nz" sites.

I like Canadian Club and all, but I didn't think it had an international reputation. Could you tell a bit about why you were shooting a bottle of Canadian Club Spiced?

Wayne

Hi Wayne.
That's a bit surprising.  I was not aware of this beverage myself until about 4 days ago.... when I looked online at my local stores to see if they had any regular Canadian Club because my wife sometimes orders it when we go out.  I have no idea if it's any good because I rarely drink alcohol.  I know my wife is always talking about a few different drinks that she can't seem to find here in Australia that are in the Spiced Rum variety so when I saw Canadian Club Spiced I tried to read up on the local reviews by purchasers.  They described it has being "smoother than a spiced rum" and "a must for the Fine Whiskey connoisseur". With a couple of exceptions, the reviewers seemed to think it was exceptional.  It seems to have vanilla and oak themes with some complaints indicating it was "too sweet" for their tastes and other enjoying it so much that they've bought multiple bottles.  Looking at the comments, one reviewer referred to it as "this new CC spice flavor" and this comment was written in April 2018.  So it may be too new to show up everywhere just yet.  I'm not sure. 
There's a few pages of comments here below the product that might inspire you to continue searching.... https://www.danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_794467/canadian-club-spiced-whisky-700ml

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The back of the bottle states that it is "distilled in Canada, bottled in the USA by Canadian Club Whiskey Company,  Supplied in Australia by Beam Global Australia P/L ... distributed by Coca-Cola Amatil ." (which is about 1 minute's drive from my house).  "Distributed in New Zealand by Beam Global."  I saw no special code or number on the back that you might be able to use to trace it.  Only a barcode which would be used locally.
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The moniker on the back of the bottle states "The unrivaled smoothness of Canadian Club Original infused with the perfect hint of spiced flavors".
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One of the shots that would have benefited from a double exposure using a narrower aperture for the foreground.

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I hope you can find it.  Surely there's a supplier in North America that can get one of these bottles to you.  The reason I bought this is to add a layer of distraction for a gift that I bought my wife.  She drinks the Canadian Club so if she thinks I bought this for her she won't be guessing and I might be able to surprise her with something else (that was not shown in my images here).

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