Crown Royal takes its name from the historic event that took place in 1939 when King George VI and Queen Elizabeth became the first reigning monarchs to journey across North America. At the time, a Canadian entrepreneur crafted a special whisky so that the King and Queen could enjoy it in their private rail car. Today, they craft their whisky in Gimli, Manitoba, using the finest Canadian ingredients. The Noble Collection is a series of whisky that pays tribute to the brand's history and roots, namely the part that King George VI played in the creation of the whiskey. Crown Royal Barley Edition is the 7th and final release in the series. It's a premium blended Canadian whisky that was distilled from the finest barley, matured for at least 10 years, and bottled at 90 proof. The signature Crown Royal smoothness is there, along with toasted oak, malt, barley, and vanilla, leading to a pleasantly warming finish.

Rather than being simply a 'finished' whiskey, Yellow Spot is special in that it contains whiskey that has been matured for a full 12 year period in three oak cask types: American bourbon barrels, Spanish sherry butts, and uniquely, Spanish Malaga casks. The Malaga cask brings an exotic sweet note to the whiskey making it a truly delightful taste experience. Only extremely limited quantities of Yellow Spot have been bottled making it a whiskey to seek out and savour as a true rarity. While Green Spot is often described as tasting like green apples, Yellow Spot is more in character with juicy red apples. Sophisticated and complex in character, the inclusion of full term matured whiskey from ex Malaga casks contributes exotic characteristics to the whiskey.