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CBC News: Gimli’s Crown Royal produces World Whisky of the Year
Crown Royal, the whisky-maker from the small Manitoba community of Gimli, has won a world title and been labeled a “masterpiece.”
Its Northern Harvest Rye has been named the 2016 World Whisky of the Year, marking the first time a Canadian whisky has received the honour.
Renowned British whisky writer Jim Murray announced the designation on Friday, giving Northern Harvest Rye a record-tying 97.5 out of 100 points in his 13th annual Whisky Bible.
“To say this is a masterpiece is barely doing it justice,” Murray said in a news release, adding that it takes rye to “new heights of beauty and complexity.”
The choice has stunned some people, according to an article in Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper, but Murray’s not surprised. Similar ripples were made when the 2015 title went to a Japanese single malt. Read More…
