Another Hump Day. I'm off work this week, so I've been trying to relax. Not really anywhere to go currently anyway, but who knows, maybe by next year (: Today we have...
an old friend... well, not exactly - but kinda. Around 2000 or so I made the move away from beer to drinking Crown Royal - at first Crown and Cokes. I found the hangovers were much less of a problem if I over consumed. I drank a few other things, but mostly Crown. I eventually drifted away towards Rye, Irish Whiskey, Scotch and some Bourbon and such. I don't think I've had regular Crown for many years, but I've had Crown Royal Rye a few times and found it all right - so I thought I'd do a review.
Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye, coming in at 45% ABV. They say it's 90% Rye, but it still has that Crown friendly drinkability, and it can usually be found for under $30 a 750, so fairly reasonable too. On the nose we have apple with some honey, some grain and alcohol in the background. The taste I find pepper and vanilla, with some hints of sweetness, somewhat candy. The finish I find some wood, spice and the expected crown smoothness. While this isn't a top shelf Rye, it's not bad, and I would choose to drink it before having some other things in the price range. If I recall correctly it mixes well with Ginger Ale too. The similarly priced Old Forester Rye is probably a little more interesting, but not as friendly - but I'd say in the same ballpark. Rated 2.75 / 5.0 ... but I'm probably biased a bit for sentimental reasons.
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