Mark Bylok has done a real service for the world. He investigated the quality of the Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye. He’s concluded that while some bottles are of exceptional quality there are production problems, meaning that bottles can vary significantly in taste and quality.
The variation in taste is so significant that some bottles don’t even taste like they came from the same distillery. While this isn’t necessarily surprising given the cost of the bottle it does indicate that the bottle on which the ‘best whiskey of the year’ article was written is unlikely to like the bottle that you have resting on a shelf at home.
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