The new Found North whiskies are here and once again Zach and Nick Taylor have knocked these batches out of the park. For those of you who’ve enjoyed the corn-dominated, more Bourbon-like batches in the past (which I refer to as the George T. Stagg of Canadian whisky), you’re going to love the new Batch 006 that continues on that same trajectory. Lots of big sweet oak flavors, punchy grains, candied fruit, and all the other good stuff that you love sinking your teeth into. It clocks in at 64.1% ABV and at a reasonable $139.99 given its age.
The real shocker here is Batch 005: a marriage of a 21 year old 100% corn Canadian whisky with a super creamy 8 year old wheat whiskey. As you can see on the label, 73% of the blend is the 21 year old corn whisky. I absolutely LOVED this whisky when I first got the sample and I continue to love it with each return. It’s so sexy and sweet right off the bat, lots of sweet vanilla right on the forefront with loads of power behind it. It’s not going to blow your mind with complexity, but it’s a simple whisky that does a couple of things really, really well and given the age and proof of the 21 year old juice again I think it’s more than reasonable from a price perspective.
-David Driscoll