Chasing the white dog

May 4, 2010 9:06 PM

Is there any place to buy raw whiskey in Toronto?

Looking to buy some raw whiskey. Is there any place in Toronto where we can make this happen?

posted by Felicity Rilke to Food & Drink (10 answers total)

What do you mean by "raw whiskey"?
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 9:34 PM on May 4, 2010

Are you sure you don't mean Rye Whisky?

If you do, any liquor store will have it. Canadians usually just call it Rye.
posted by dobbs at 9:37 PM on May 4, 2010

(raw whiskey == moonshine)
posted by sanko at 9:45 PM on May 4, 2010

The author is talking about this kind of whiskey, also known as "White Dog".
posted by dunkadunc at 9:46 PM on May 4, 2010

Response by poster: Yes, dunkadunc is correct. Unbarrelled whiskey is what I'm looking for, but not "moonshine" in the sense that I'm not looking for illegally produced raw whiskey.
posted by Felicity Rilke at 10:07 PM on May 4, 2010

I've seen it called "white whiskey" and there's a distiller called Belmont Farms in Culpepper, VA who makes it.
posted by gingerbeer at 7:14 AM on May 5, 2010

Heaven Hill Distilleries makes a corn whiskey aged "less than 30 days old" called Georgia Moon. I'm not sure if they distribute to Canada.
posted by borkencode at 8:00 AM on May 5, 2010

If there's an answer, it'll be "LCBO." Have you searched their website?
posted by Sys Rq at 8:03 AM on May 5, 2010

Try Honest Ed's.
posted by Beardman at 10:56 AM on May 5, 2010

Response by poster: Wakka, wakka, wakka, Beardman.

Sys Rq, you reminded me that I had the contact information for the PR rep at the LCBO and on emailing her, I learned that the LCBO does not carry raw whiskey at this time. However, if anyone can point me in the direction of a bar that offers raw whiskey to drink by the glass, I'd be happy to hear of it.
posted by Felicity Rilke at 7:35 PM on May 6, 2010