{"id":1676,"date":"2016-04-30T22:56:32","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T03:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/?p=1676"},"modified":"2016-04-30T22:56:32","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T03:56:32","slug":"crown-royal-hand-selected-barrel-specs-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/2016\/04\/crown-royal-hand-selected-barrel-specs-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"Crown Royal Hand Selected Barrel (Spec&#8217;s Selection)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1678\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/?attachment_id=1678#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1678\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1678\" class=\"wp-image-1678 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Crown_Royal_t750x550-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"Crown_Royal_t750x550\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Crown_Royal_t750x550-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Crown_Royal_t750x550-100x77.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Crown_Royal_t750x550.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Canadian, No Age Statement, 51.5% ABV, $44<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never been a fan of Crown Royal (or Canadian whiskey for that matter), but a friend handed me this sample and told me it was surprisingly good, so here we are. \u00a0This is the original barrel delivered to Spec&#8217;s in Dallas. \u00a0I have no way of knowing how this compares with current offerings and I&#8217;ve since seen this practically everywhere in the DFW metroplex.<\/p>\n<p>The smell is first of all sweet with vanilla, butterscotch, brown sugar, milk chocolate and a mild alcohol burn. \u00a0The taste is similar, but not as sweet, offering the expected vanilla, butterscotch and brown sugar with a finish that is thin with a bit of burn. \u00a0There are notes of milk chocolate midway through and some mild varnish on the finish. \u00a0Still, it&#8217;s fairly solid and somewhat enjoyable. \u00a0Eventually, there is some dried honey up front and some straw and young leather on the finish with the latter tasting \u00a0tannic, but not much excitement.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t bad, but tastes somewhat artificial and doctored. \u00a0The flavors are simple and mostly enjoyable, but not well integrated. \u00a0If you suspend the critical aspects of your palate and just enjoy the show, then you probably will. \u00a0For the price, I think I&#8217;ll pass.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Mark E. for the sample.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve never been a fan of Crown Royal (or Canadian whiskey for that matter), but a friend handed me this sample and told me it was surprisingly good, so here we are. \u00a0This is the original barrel delivered to Spec&#8217;s in Dallas. \u00a0I have no way of knowing how this compares with current offerings and &hellip; 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