Gibson's Finest
Gibson's Finest is a brand of Canadian whisky, Canadian Whisky produced between 40% & 46% alcohol by volume (80 & 92 alcohol proof, U.S. proof). The brand is owned by William Grant & Sons. Gibson's Finest was founded by John Gibson in 1837, and is currently produced in Windsor, Ontario. History The Gibson's whisky brand was started by the Irish-born spirits merchant John Gibson at a distillery in Pennsylvania along the Monongahela River on of land that he bought in 1856. He produced wheat whiskey, wheat, malt whiskey, malt, and especially rye whisky, rye whiskey at the distillery. Prohibition in the United States closed the distillery, and shortly afterwards the entire Gibson plant and its contents were auctioned off. As prohibition was ending, Schenley Industries purchased the Gibson's brand and in 1945, a Schenley subsidiary called Schenley Distillers Corporation established a distillery in Valleyfield, Quebec. In 1972–50 years after the auctioning of the Gibson's distilleryâ ...
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Canadian Whisky
Canadian whisky is a type of whisky produced in Canada. Most Canadian whiskies are blended multi-grain liquors containing a large percentage of corn spirits, and are typically lighter and smoother than other whisky styles.What is Canadian Whisky?
''whisky.com''. (Access date December 15, 2010.) When Canadian distillers began adding small amounts of highly-flavourful rye grain to their mashes, people began demanding this new rye-flavoured whisky, referring to it simply as "rye". Today, as for the past two centuries, the terms "" and "Canadian whisky" are used interchangeably in Canada and (as defined in Canadian law) r ...
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