4. Whisky Canada – Writer & Author
Award-winning author of Canadian
Whisky: The Portable Expert.
Contributor and feature writer for Whisky
Advocate Magazine.
Contributing editor for Whisky Magazine,
founder of the Canadian Whisky Awards,
whisky judge, public speaker.
DAVIN DE KERGOMMEAUX
@DavindeK
@DavindeK
5. JILTED PAST OLD GUARD NEW SCHOOL
• 18th century Scottish and Irish
settlers to Canada were distilling
rum
• German and Dutch settlers moved
further inland (West) and whisky
production began
• Distilleries were associated with
farms and flourmills, and spirit
production was secondary
• Wheat was the original base
ingredient
THE BIRTH
6. JILTED PAST OLD GUARD NEW SCHOOL
• The term “rye whisky” started when small
amounts of rye grain was added to the wheat
mash to give more flavour
• 1927 to 1840 – Whisky making boomed as
the number of household “distilleries” grew
from a handful to hundreds
• 1865 to 2010 - Canadian whisky was the
best-selling whisky in the U.S.
• 1890 - Canada became the first nation to
implement legislation requiring its whisky be
aged a minimum 2 years
– 25 years until Scotland and Ireland caught up
(Scotch and Irish Whisky Immature Spirits Act
1915)
COMING OF AGE
7. JILTED PAST OLD GUARD NEW SCHOOL
MOVING FORWARD
• Americans buy
about 70% of
the whisky that
Canada
produces
• 2013 -
Americans
bought almost
17 million 9-
litre cases of
Canadian
whisky
8 commercial
distilleries in
Canada, each
with its own
production
processes and
methods:
Alberta
Highwood
Black Velvet
Alberta Distillers
Manitoba
Gimli
Ontario
Hiram Walker
Canadian Mist
Forty Creek
Quebec
Valleyfield
9. Canadian Whisky Ambassador
Corby Spirit & Wine
Been working behind the wood since 1997.
Co-Owner of The Harbord Room, and THR &
Co. in Toronto.
Inaugural President of The Canadian
Professional Bartenders Association, Ontario
Chapter.
Traveling throughout Canada, America and
hopefully the rest of the world spreading
Canadian whisky love.
DAVE MITTON
@davegrantmitton
@davemitton
10. JILTED PAST OLD GUARD NEW SCHOOL
PIONEERS OF CANADIAN WHISKY
James Gooderham Worts
1818 - 1882
J.P. Wiser
1825 - 1911
Hiram Walker
1816 - 1899
11. JILTED PAST OLD GUARD NEW SCHOOL
PIONEERS OF CANADIAN WHISKY
Established Canada’s largest and longest
surviving distillery in 1858
Hiram Walker
1816 - 1899
12. JILTED PAST OLD GUARD NEW SCHOOL
PIONEERS OF CANADIAN WHISKY
Gooderham & Worts distillery, located in Toronto’s
historic Distillery District, was one of largest
distilleries in the world in 1877 and could produce 2.5
million gallons annually
James Gooderham Worts
1818 - 1882
13. JILTED PAST OLD GUARD NEW SCHOOL
PIONEERS OF CANADIAN WHISKY
In 1857, J.P. Wiser purchased Payne Distillery in
Prescott, Ontario – the birth of J.P. Wiser’s Canadian
Whisky
J.P. Wiser
1825 - 1911
24. DR. DON LIVERMORE, PhD
Master Blender
J.P. Wiser’s, Pike Creek, Lot No. 40
Born in Fordwich, Ontario.
BSc in Microbiology from the
University of Waterloo.
MSc and PhD in Brewing and Distilling
at Heriot Watt University.
Started as a Laboratory Technician in
the brew house operations at Hiram
Walker Distillery in the late nineties.
Became Master Blender in 2012.
25. JILTED PAST OLD GUARD NEW SCHOOL
“Sipping Whisky of the Year (Export)”
Canadian Whisky Awards 2014
Our modern interpretation of the early
Canadian Whisky blends
J.P. Wiser’s Rye is a blend of rye and corn
whiskies. The rye whisky brings a bold
spiciness that is beautifully balanced by the
creamy richness of the corn whisky
Aged in three types of barrels to deliver a
smooth and mellow taste
26. JILTED PAST OLD GUARD NEW SCHOOL
“Best Canadian Blended Whisky”
World Whisky Awards 2013
Gold Medal
San Francisco World Spirits Competition
2014
A sophisticated and balanced corn
whisky distilled twice through copper
column stills
Aged in Canadian whisky barrels and
finished in port barrels for a minimum of
100 days
27. JILTED PAST OLD GUARD NEW SCHOOL
SEASON PUSHER
1½ oz. Pike Creek
¼ oz. Yellow Chartreuse
1 oz. pineapple juice
½ oz. lemon juice
¼ oz. maple syrup
Hard ice and crushed ice
Garnish: sprig of mint
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker, add ice and shake and
double strain into old fashion glass. Add crushed ice and garnish with
sprig off mint
28. JILTED PAST OLD GUARD NEW SCHOOL
“Canadian Whisky of the year”
Canadian Whisky Awards 2013
Double Gold Medal
San Francisco Spirits Competition 2013
Gold Medal
Canadian Whisky Awards 2014
100% rye
Distilled once in our copper column still then
a second time in our copper pot still to
concentrate the rye character
Aged in new oak and bottled at 43% ABV
Dried apples, bananas, raisins and spices
complemented by rich oak and vanilla
29. JILTED PAST OLD GUARD NEW SCHOOL
WHISKY ROCK-A-ROLLER
2½ oz. Lot No.40
2 strawberries
4 basil leaves
¾ oz. of pepper syrup
Hard ice and crushed ice
Garnish: Half strawberry
Muddle strawberries, basil and pepper syrup in the base of a
cocktail a shaker, add whisky then ice and shake & double
strain into an old fashion glass. Then add crushed ice and
garnish with half strawberry
31. Victorian Bon Vivant at large, Shawn
has been behind two of Canada's
most nominated and awarded
restaurant & bars.
Multiple Tales of the Cocktail nominee
for Clive's Classic Lounge and a
founder of Little Jumbo.
He is also the author of Cocktail
Culture: Recipes & Techniques from
Behind the Bar.
SHAWN SOOLE
@liquidrev
@liquidrev
32. JILTED PAST OLD GUARD NEW SCHOOL
TORONTO COCKTAIL
2 oz. Forty Creek Barrel Select
¼ oz. Fernet Branca
¼ oz. Gomme Syrup
Dash Angostura Bitters
Stir, strain up in a small coupe with a
flamed orange zest
33. JILTED PAST OLD GUARD NEW SCHOOL
TORONTO COCKTAIL
First published as the Fernet Cocktail in 1922
34. JILTED PAST OLD GUARD NEW SCHOOL
TORONTO COCKTAIL
Robert Vermeire
“Cocktails – How to Mix Them”
35. JILTED PAST OLD GUARD NEW SCHOOL
TORONTO COCKTAIL
Published as its proper name
in 1948’s “The Fine Art of
Mixing Drinks” by David
Embury
37. JOHN HALL
Founder of Forty Creek Distillery and
creator of Forty Creek Whisky
A prominent winemaker in Niagara for
22 years before exploring a new
passion for handcrafted Ontario -made
spirits.
Opened Forty Creek Distillery in
Grimsby, Ontario in1992 and
introduced Forty Creek Barrel Reserve
& Three Grain
2007 – John Hall named by Malt
Advocate as Innovator of the Year
2008 – Forty Creek Distillery named
38. JILTED PAST OLD GUARD NEW SCHOOL
FORTY CREEK
BARREL SELECT
A whisky that has garnered the most
esteemed accolades possible
Barrels chosen build a whisky with a
character of its own
Aromas of honey, vanilla and apricot fuse
with toasty oak, black walnut and spice
Flavour is rich and bold, completed by a
smooth, long finish
39. JILTED PAST OLD GUARD NEW SCHOOL
FORTY CREEK
DOUBLE BARREL
Aged up to 9 years in classic Forty Creek
barrels, finished in ex-bourbon barrels
Golden roasted aroma with deep vanilla
notes, toasted spice, pecan and walnuts
Caramelized creaminess to the flavour,
with a rich spice
The finish is very smooth, mellow and
extra long
40. JILTED PAST OLD GUARD NEW SCHOOL
FORTY CREEK
CONFEDERATION OAK
Matured in locally sourced Canadian white
oak barrels
Trees harvested from sustainably managed
forest less than 100 km from the distillery
Each tree approx. 4 feet in diameter and
over 150 years old, making them older than
Confederation
Canadian white oak same species as
American but cooler climate means slower
growth and denser gain creating different
taste profile