Canadian whisky is good, actually

I remember when I was awoken to the possibilities of Canadian whisky. I'd come to the 2014 Spirit of Toronto festival to taste the whisky world's wildest wares from Scotland, Japan and America. But like too many Canadians, I held the belief that our homegrown hooch simply didn't meet their muster - as if something in our nature led our home and native whisky to be sweetly insipid, something timid to be diluted further with ice or soda. And while America's bourbon boasts a distinct cherried, woody bite, Scotch can uniquely tap into saline, smoky depths and Japanese whisky can…