Forty Creek Evolution!
Posted by Arctic Wolf on May 10, 2014
Forty Creek Evolution is the eighth of the yearly special Limited Edition Releases from Forty Creek Whisky, and there will be only 9,000 bottles produced! Of course, once again Forty Creek is offering (for a limited time) Canadian Whisky lovers an opportunity to reserve their own bottle number of Forty Creek Evolution. Customers can reserve any number between 0003 and 9000. The Reservations are being offered between May 21st and June 16th, 2014, and you can choose a number that has special significance for you. Maybe it is a special birthday, an anniversary of significance, or perhaps something whimsical like the date that your favourite hockey team last won the Stanley Cup, it is really completely up to you!
Reservations open at noon on Wednesday, May 21 at 12:00 p.m. EST, and the numbers are reserved on a first come, first serve basis. More information about the Reservation process can be found using this link:
http://www.fortycreekwhisky.com/whatsnew.html
You may reserve more than one bottle. However, due to provincial and federal regulations Forty Creek cannot ship whisky bottles. They must be purchased and picked up at the distillery in Grimsby, Ontario after the whisky is released later in the fall. (The whisky release weekend is scheduled for Saturday, September, 27th and Sunday, September 28th, 2014.)
Here are some notes on Forty Creek 2014 Evolution Limited Release from John K. Hall, Whisky Maker:
“Every year I look forward to introducing a new limited edition Forty Creek taste expression. This year is no exception. I am so proud to introduce Forty Creek Evolution to you and our family of Forty Creek Whiskies.
Forty Creek Evolution is my 8th limited release. Each of my limited whiskies has a taste of its own, yet remains characteristically true to the Forty Creek family. The limited releases have provided me with a canvas to grow as a whisky maker. This year’s release is an evolution of not just the whiskies that I have made but as I have evolved as a whisky maker.
I am very excited to share Forty Creek 2014 Evolution with you as it offers a glimpse into this journey. After all, that is what whisky making and whisky tasting is all about. It is a journey of discovery and evolution.
Most of the whiskies in this bottle began their journey 12 years ago. Initially, these whiskies were aged in American White Oak for 3 years. I then selected the barrels and re-distilled the aged whiskies in my copper pot still to further concentrate their wonderful flavours. This whisky was then re-barreled into French Oak casks that had previously held my Cabernet Sauvignon and aged for an additional 9 years! Finally, I introduced some of my favourite personally held barrels to the mix for balancing.
Evolution starts with fig, dates, anise, blackberry, black currants and bell peppers and then evolves into deep forest notes, cinnamon spice flares, cloves, nutmeg, chestnut and tobacco. There are wonderful hints of vanilla, sweet clover and butter, evolving milk chocolate, soft roasted oak, peach and apricot. Then comes a comfortable earthiness to this whisky that just constantly evolves. So, I have appropriately called it Evolution.
This whisky’s journey will become very clear to you as you discover the ever evolving complexities, subtleties, aromas, tastes and flavours that Evolution has to offer. “
PS: Once I have a bottle shot, I promise I will share it with everyone!
Cheers!
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john guzzi said
Hi,
I,m just wondering when will you try the sample and release your findings?
Thank you John
Arctic Wolf said
Although the Whisky has been announced, it will not be released until September. If I am lucky, I will receive a pre-release sample, but with the new ownership at Forty Creek, I cannot say for sure whether such a sample will be upcoming.
andrewbuchner37 said
Sounds exciting, wine-finished whiskies so rarely turn out well, just see the Woodford Reserve Sonoma-Cutrer finish. Any word from Shiralli as to how many cases will be making their way to Edmonton this year?
Arctic Wolf said
I believe Lifford is actually the agent for Forty Creek in Alberta now, although that may change as well now that Gruppo Campari has purchased the Forty Creek Whisky Distillery. In any case, I have no word on how much (if any) is making it to Alberta. I know I will be reserving a few bottles and having a friend of mine in Ontario pick them up for me.