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Product Taste Test: Gibson’s Finest 12 year old Canadian Whisky

Celebration is in order as I start year 5 of GK Media Inc.  I was lucky enough to receive a 375ml sample bottle of Gibson’s Finest 12 year old Canadian Whisky to help with my celebration. As I am not a very big drinker I asked my editor and another good friend to help with the taste test - they were more than willing to oblige!.

Step One – Warming up the salivary buds!

While I was busy cutting lime wedges and artistically arranging ice cubes in a bowl, my friends got down to business!  In no time they had familiarized themselves with information from the press material I had on hand.

Step Two:  Tasting the product

After looking at the three Gibson’s recipes on my site: the 7th Inning Stretch, Grand Slam and Old Fashioned Triple Play, we decided that we would first sample the whisky by itself and then try our own variation on the Grand Slam - no bitters, just lime and ginger ale.

Each taster would first taste 1 oz straight up in a whisky glass then 1 oz with 3 oz of ginger ale and a lime slice.

Test Results 1 oz plain: We liked the light, almost smoky aroma and found the initial taste to be quite smooth without any pronounced after-burn in the throat.  The fine quality of the product made it go down nice and smooth.

Test Results Grand Slam (no bitters): Adding the ginger ale and lime twist, over rocks made for a very unique combination.  We found this to be a welcome change from the usual gin and tonic or rye and coca cola.  All in all it was a very nice blend and quite easy to drink - perfect for that summer barbecue.  My editor went for seconds with equal parts of rye and ginger ale and concluded that was an even tastier combination!

Overall: We were all impressed with Gibson’s Finest taste both on its own and in a mix.  As the press material says: Gibson’s Finest 12yr old Canadian Whisky is masterfully distilled, tenderly aged and perfectly blended with fine aged Canadian whiskies.  The result is the exceptionally smooth, soft and mellow taste unique to Gibson’s Finest.

Would we drink this again?  Absolutely!

At FoodVancouver.com we wish you a great summer!  Cheers and remember to drink responsibly.

by Kevin Freeman

edited by Sheila LoGuisto