Black Velvet (whiskey)
Black Velvet is a Canadian whiskey that is produced today by the US spirits manufacturer Constellation Brands .
history
Black Velvet was initially produced by Schenley Industries in Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada. Production began in 1945 and the Schenley's Black Velvet Deluxe was reserved for officers of the armed forces only during World War II . In 1987 the distillery was sold to International Distillers and Vintners (IDV), a subsidiary of Grand Metropolitan . In 1997, Grand Metropolitan and Guinness merged to form Diageo . In 1999 Diageo sold the distillery to Canandaigua Brands. In 2008, Diageo bought back the distillery after consolidating its operational production processes in Lethbridge , Alberta .
Today two types of whiskey, a Canadian blend , are produced, which are also exported to the USA:
- Black Velvet
- Black Velvet Reserve is an eight year old whiskey
literature
- Charles MacLean (Ed.): Whiskey. World Guide, Regions, Distillers, Malts, Blends, Tasting Notes. Dorling Kindersley, London et al. 2008, ISBN 978-0-7566-3349-3 .
- Walter Schobert: The whiskey dictionary. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 2003, ISBN 978-3-596-15868-3 .
- Gilbert Delos: Les Whiskeys du Monde. Translation from French: Karin-Jutta Hofmann: Whiskey from all over the world. Karl Müller, Erlangen 1998, ISBN 3-86070-442-7 , p. 130 f.