Black Velvet

Those who know me know that I’m a quite big fan of different sorts of Whiskey. Therefor I’ve decided to write my opinion on those I taste.

Disclaimer: I don’t claim to be good at whiskeys. I can offer my opinion, and my opinion only. If you disagree, fine just don’t come and make a big deal about it.

Black Velvet is the first whisky (no, not whiskey since it’s a Canadian brand.) to be “rewied” by me.

As I stated it’s a blended Canadian whisky with 40% alcohol. The bottle is simple with a black labe, ooh are you suprised? Originally this whisky was called Black Label but changed name somewhere  around the 1950’s I think. To my knowledge there are two different sorts of Black Velvet, the standard one I’ll be writing about and the Black Velvet reserve (maybe I’ll review that one someday.). Black Velvet is quite cheap compared to the alternatives, atleast here in Sweden.

The smell is really really smooth, kind of the opposite to Jim Beam.

The taste is quite simple and straight forward with a strong punch of alcohol. Still it’s smooth somehow. Some say it’s a little fruity but I can’t taste that,  maybe ’cause I got a cold at the moment.

Black Velvet is a quite good whisky. It’s not a aged 21 years but for it’s price it’s all right. If you doesn’t like smokey whiskies you should definitly check it out.

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