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Canadian Club is a brand of whisky from Canada. Better known as C.C., Canadian Club began production in 1858. It was established by Mr. Hiram Walker, and was known as Walker’s Club Whiskey. This article, image, template or category should belong in one or more categories. ... Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... Shortcut: WP:WIN Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia and, as a means to that end, also an online community. ... Shortcut: WP:CSD Current list: Category:Candidates for speedy deletion There are a few, limited, cases where admins can delete Wikipedia pages on sight. Non-admins can ask for an admin to delete such a page, either by listing it on speedy deletions, or by adding either a {{delete}} or... Canadian whisky is whisky made in Canada; by law it must be aged there at least three years in a barrel. ... Fortune Brands, NYSE: FO is a holding company founded in 1969 as American Brands and later re-named in 1997. ... For other uses, see Whisky (disambiguation). ... Year 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Hiram Walker, from a painting that hangs in Willistead Manor, Windsor, Ontario Hiram Walker (4 July 1816 – 12 January 1899) was an American grocer and distiller, and the eponym of the famous distillery in Windsor, Ontario, Canada directly across from Detroit, Michigan. ...

History

Hiram Walker founded his distillery in 1858 in Detroit. He first learnt how to distill cider vinegar in his grocery store in the 1830s before moving onto whisky and producing his first barrels in 1854. However, with prohibition looming and Michigan already becoming "dry", Walker decided to move his distillery across the Detroit River to Windsor, Ontario. From here, he was able to export his whisky, continue to perfect the distillation process and start to develop Walkerville, a community that Hiram financed and sourced most of his employees from. Distillation is a means of separating liquids through differences in their boiling points. ... Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor... The term Prohibition, also known as A Dry Law, refers to a law in a certain country by which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or illegal. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Landsat satellite photo, showing Lake Saint Clair, as well as St. ... Nickname: Motto: The river and the land sustain us. ... Walkerville, Ontario, Canada was developed by whiskey mogul Hiram Walker in the late 1800s. ...

Walker's whisky was particularly popular in the late 19th century gentlemen's clubs of the U.S. and Canada; hence it became known as "Club Whisky." Walker originally positioned his Club Whisky as a premium whisky, pitching it not only on its smoothness and purity but also the length of the aging process (Walker’s whisky was aged in oak barrels for a minimum of 5 years). This was revolutionary at the time, as all of the U.S. bourbons and whiskies were aged for less than a year.

Club Whisky became very popular, and American distillers petitioned for the inclusion of the word “Canada” on the bottle to distinguish it from their competing American whiskies, thinking it would halt the popularity of Hiram’s. This backfired, only making Club whisky more exclusive. Hiram saw this and changed the label again in 1889 adding the word “Canadian” to the top of the label, distinguishing Walker’s recipe for his whisky from the other processes of the time (Scotch, Irish and U.S.). Hiram blended corn and barley in addition to rye before putting it in the barrels for maturation, a recipe that is now renowned throughout the world as that of Canadian whisky.

In 1890 the word “Canadian” was moved down from the top of the label and incorporated into the name of the whisky. This, however, was only temporary, as three years later the logo changed again, transforming from a bold font into the scripted typeface that we see worldwide today (See logo above).

It wasn’t until the Canadian government introduced the Bottled in bond law in 1894 that the people of America really started drinking Canadian Club. It was thanks to the passing of this law that all whiskies had to carry their maturation time. This re-affirmed the fact that aging whisky was not just a fad and that the older the whisky (generally speaking) the better the quality. Bottled in bond refers to a method of aging and strength of American whiskeys. ...

Hiram Walker handed down his distillery to his sons upon his death in 1899. Over the years they have branched out into other businesses. At one point they employed almost the entire population of Walkerville, where they built a police station, fire station, gave them running water and street lights. In 1890 the Canadian government acknowledged Walkerville as an official town, and in 1935 it became part of Windsor.

During the years of Prohibition one of the distillery’s most important clients was Al Capone, who smuggled in thousands of gallons of his favorite drink - Canadian Club - through the liquor pipeline from Windsor to Detroit. The term Prohibition, also known as A Dry Law, refers to a law in a certain country by which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or illegal. ... “Capone” redirects here. ...

Canadian Club whiskey has received the Royal Warrants of Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, King George V, King George VI, and Queen Elizabeth II. Hiram Walker & Sons was the only North American distiller to have been granted a Royal Warrant.^[1] It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Queen Victoria redirects here. ... Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death on 6 May 1910. ... George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was the first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor, which he created from the British branch of the German House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ... George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions from 11 December 1936 until his death. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ...

The Canadian Club distillery remains in Windsor on the banks of the Detroit River, where it continues to produce and export its whisky. Canadian Club is part of the Jim Beam portfolio. It is its 4th best-selling alcoholic product, behind Jim Beam, Sauza Tequila and DeKuyper. The standard white Jim Beam label Jim Beam is a brand of bourbon whiskey, distilled in Clermont, Kentucky. ...

Types

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Bottles of Canadian Club Whisky for sale at a liquor store in Iizaka, Fukushima, Japan

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• Canadian Club 6 Year Old

The most popular in the range, the 80-proof (40% abv) "base brand" is what you will receive when you order a C.C. at the bar, it’s a light whisky that mixes well with soft drinks (especially ginger ale), or can simply be served on the rocks.

Like all Canadian Club products the 6 year old is blended before maturation in white American oak barrels for a minimum of six years. It is sold in more than 150 countries world-wide, more than any other Canadian Whisky and is the top-selling premium Canadian whisky brand outside North America. It is to be noted however, that the 6 year old Canadian Club sold in Australia and New Zealand is 74-proof (37% abv).

• Canadian Club Premium

The Canadian base brand is matured for 5 years in the same manner as the 6 year old. It also mixes well with soft drinks, or can be served on the rocks. It is 80-proof (40% abv).

• Canadian Club Reserve

Aged for 10 years in smaller barrels, C.C. reserve is also 80-proof (40% abv) but has a richer flavour.

• Canadian Club Classic

Also 80-proof (40% abv), after 12 years of aging in oak barrels C.C. classic has hints of spice and vanilla and is ideally drank on the rocks or in cocktails.

• Canadian Club 100 Proof

Distilled to 100-proof (50% abv) for 6 years, giving it a stronger, richer taste.

• Canadian Club Sherry Cask

Double matured, firstly in white oak barrels for at least 8 years, then sherry casks imported from Jerez, Spain. This whisky is 82.6-proof (41.3 abv) and is the finest in the Canadian Club range.

• Canadian Club Dry

Launched in Australia in April 2001, this ready to drink bottle is a pre-mixed blend of 6 year old Canadian Club and ginger ale, it is 10-proof (5%abv) and is served in a 330ml bottle.

Canadian Club is also produced in limited quantities in older agings (15 years and up) for special markets.

Trivia

• Canadian Club is the drink of choice for the alcoholic character Glen Whitehouse (James Coburn) in the 1997 film Affliction.
• Canadian Club was used by Curtis Salgado and, subsequently, "Joliet" Jake Blues in a vulgar sense to represent a penis in the song "I Don't Know".
• The longest reigning English monarch Queen Victoria, used to enjoy drinking Canadian Club.
• In James Bond’s inaugural cinematic outing in Dr. No, he can be seen sitting in the garden watching the sun set in Beau Desert with a tall, ice-filled glass of Canadian Club and soda water.
• The opening ski sequence in the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me – in which Roger Moore is pursued on skis by enemy henchmen only to escape their clutches by skiing off the edge of a mountain to his seemingly certain death, only to open a Union Jack parachute - was inspired by an early 1970’s Canadian Club television advert starring Rick Sylvester.
• Canadian Club is snooker star Ian McCulloch’s favourite drink.
• Canadian Club sponsor IndyCar racing team Andretti Green Racing and their driver Dario Franchitti, winner of the 2007 Indy 500.
• Canadian club Classic won a double-gold medal at the 2003 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
• In the 2003 film The Festival Express, Canadian Club is the alcohol of choice on the train and journeys between cities for the artists – including Janis Joplin, The Band and Grateful Dead.
• Professional poker player Chris Moneymaker was the figurehead for Canadian Club’s “Dealing up a Smoother Night” poker tournament in the Summer of 2005.
• In the film 16 Blocks, Bruce Willis plays a cop with a penchant for Canadian Club and can be seen drinking/lusting after it at various points during the film.
• "Canadian Club" is mentioned in the Roxy Music song "Mother of Pearl" (from their 1973 album Stranded).
• Tim Kasher laments over a night "spent alone with Canadian Club" in the song "Needy" from The Good Life's album Album of the Year.

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See also

• Gooderham and Worts Distillery
• Hiram Walker

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External links

• Canadian Club Whisky
• Jim Beam
• Walkerville Times

Footnotes

1. ^ Getting The Royal Treatment

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