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Canadian Whisky Saskatchewan

Issue 167 | Whisky Magazine 47

SASKATCHEWAN

TASTING NOTES

LAST MOUNTAIN DISTILLERY

100% Wheat Whisky (45%)

This whisky rolls on the palate

with oak-driven spices and vanilla.

The lightly sweetened wheat character

is effortlessly lush and tight on

the palate.

Black Fox Farm

100% Triticale Whisky (48%)

(Pre-Release)

Balanced and poised with the

sweetness of puffed wheat and fruity

rye spices. Scrumptious toasted oak

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grain depth.

Golden Stag

Blended Rye (40%)

This Sperling Silver rye is sweet and

youthful with toasted rye cereal and

fresh-cut hay. Heats up late on the

palate with sweet-tempered caramel.

Central Canadian Distillery

Hard Rye No. 1 (40%)

A muted caramel sweet nose shifts

directly into searing hot pepper rye

spices that dig its spurs into the

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gin and 60 acres of grain to feed the still.

The Cotes wanted to get closer to their

customers, and in Saskatchewan, booze

makes more friends at the farmer’s

market than pies do. John called on his

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design a distillery with a sparse waste

stream. It uses geothermal cooling, for

example, and distilling waste goes back

onto the land as compost. “There’s very

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what to do with,” he explains.

The Cote’s family credentials do not

include a distilling history, but with

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John were quite comfortable learning

the technical aspects of the craft.

“A few things you should know about

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heart and soul of our distillery.

“Her extensive experience in animal

nutrition is well respected around

the world to the point that she has

been recognised by the University of

Saskatchewan alumni and made an

honourary life member of the college.

That gives you an idea of her passion for

doing things well, all the time.”

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dietary requirements, not only to

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production as well. Their yeast regime

uses different yeast strains at various

These pages,

clockwise from top

right picture:

The still room at

Last Mountain; The

distillery; Casks

maturing; The stills;

Still detail; The full

Last Mountain range

of spirits.

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