Gooderham & Worts Four Grain Canadian Whisky

Gooderham & Worts is one of the great old names in Canadian whisky. The original distillery was founded in Toronto in 1832, grew into the largest whisky producer in Canada, and after merging with Hiram Walker ran as a Hiram Walker plant until it closed in 1990; its Victorian buildings survive today as Toronto's Distillery District. Pernod Ricard revived the brand in 2015, and it is now produced by Corby Spirit and Wine at the Hiram Walker distillery in Windsor, Ontario. As the name says, the Four Grain is a blend of rye, wheat, barley, and corn, but each grain is handled on its own: distilled separately, mostly on column stills with some pot-still spirit, then aged separately, the vast majority in virgin oak with some ex-bourbon barrels, before the four whiskies are married together. It carries no age statement, though Canadian law requires at least three years in wood, and it's bottled at 44.4% ABV. Because each grain is matured to show its own character, the blend is layered in a way single-grain Canadians aren't, the rye bringing spice, the corn sweetness, and the wheat and barley softness and body. It sips well neat and makes an excellent Manhattan.

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