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October 3, 2015Seagram’s VO Canadian blend review

Seagram’s VO is quite classic Canadian blend, made of whisky at least 6 years of age. I noticed that Google suggest gives you search phrase “VO Scotch”. Apparently people search with that phrase and think the brand is Scottish. So for the record, it’s not. The whisky comes from Canada.
There’s lots of speculation what the letter VO stand for. Some say “Very Old”, some are sure it’s “Very Own”. The roots of this whisky are in Waterloo, Ontario, but nowadays the distillery can be found in Valleyfield, Quebec, owned by Diageo.
I tried to source some info about the blend recipe, but couldn’t find any. Except the fact, that it is at least 6 years old. The Coopered Tot made a great post comparing an old Seagram’s VO blended rye from 1971 to the current one.
THE TOXIC AVENGER of whisky
Seagram’s VO blended whisky is like a B class movie, which has a reputation of being a classic film: everybody knows it’s not that good but there are some elements, that make it above the average. VO has little bit of the usual blended character in a bad way, but there are some unusual notes as well. A fairly good nose combined with a creamy palate: that’s why VO stands out from the usual bulk stuff.
This Canadian blended whisky is like Toxic Avenger, entertaining and full of sparks in a good way. But still toxic, though…
Scoring
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Here’s Ralfy with a nice comparison between Seagram’s VO and Wisers small batch. Ralfy scores Seagram’s very much higher than me: