Review: Forty Creek Double Barrel Reserve Canadian Whisky (Lot 271)
Posted by Arctic Wolf on March 23, 2020
This past December, I noticed that Forty Creek Double Barrel Canadian Whisky had undergone a change. At least the bottle had changed. It was no longer sold in the typical tall sleek bottle which Forty Creek uses for all of their Special Edition Whiskies. It was now sold in the medium tall cylindrical bottle typical of their production whiskies. The change made sense as Forty Creek Double Barrel has for quite a while now been in regular production and probably belongs in the main line-up rather than in a bottle which identifies it as a special release whisky.
There was another more significant change though, the whisky is now almost half the price that it used to be ($39.95 in the new bottle vs. $69.95 in the old bottle). The significant price change begs the question, have the contents changed as well making this a less expensive whisky to produce?
So I reached out to the Campari team here in Alberta and asked them about the changes to the bottle and price. I was told that so far as Alberta team knew the whisky was that same as always, but they had no objection to giving me a sample bottle so I could judge for myself.
Here is a link to my review of the new Double Barrel from Lot 271 with tasting notes:
Review: Forty Creek Double Barrel Reserve (Lot 271)
Please enjoy the review which also includes two serving suggestions, the 1794 Cocktail and The Blinker.
Chimo!
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