Why are you using whisky as your choice of alcohol?

One of our guiding principles is to use as much local products as possible.
Rye whisky is produced in the HIGHWOOD Distillery, just south of Calgary, and using grains from a 7 mile radius of the distillery.
Rye whisky is very Canadian! (Bourbon is American; rum made from sugar cane).
The merging of flavors between maple syrup + whisky and chocolate + whisky is absolutely superb – sophisticated, but not overwhelming.