Round, creamy butterscotch, fragrant flowers, clean wood, sweet baking spices, then peppery rye fading into a sweet citrus flavours. ★★★★★

Butterscotch, crisp clean oakiness, peppery spice, citrus fruit. Creamy with baking spices, then bitter citrus pith and black tea. ★★★★

The most appealing barrel tones accented by peppery spices, high fruity esters and dark fruits, in a lush, creamy body. ★★★★★

Clean dry exotic woods, dried figs, marmalade, brisk peppers and rye spices, Bounty chocolate bars, fresh firewood. Very unusual. ★★★★★

It’s cottage season in Canada and if you’d rather sun on the dock than mix cocktails, Wiser’s has a pre-mixed Old Fashioned to keep in the cooler.

“Unity,” is the special release for 2018 from Forty Creek Distillery in Grimsby, Canada. Orders for numbered bottles close on May 25, 2018. The whisky will be available at the distillery and in stores beginning in September.

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The verdict is in. A jury of ten independent whisky experts has named Wiser’s 35-year-old the very best of the best.