Crown Royal

E291804

Canadian whisky brand blended whisky

Crown Royal is a popular Canadian blended whisky brand produced by Diageo and widely known for its distinctive velvet bag packaging.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Crown Royal canonical	5
Crown Royal Apple	1
Crown Royal Black	1
Crown Royal Deluxe	1
Crown Royal Maple Finished	1
Crown Royal Noble Collection	1
Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye	1
Crown Royal Peach	1
Crown Royal Reserve	1
Crown Royal Vanilla	1
Crown Royal XO	1
Crown Royal XR	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2715211 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Crown Royal
Context triple: [Roush Fenway Racing, majorSponsorHistory, Crown Royal]

A. Chivas USA
Chivas USA was a now-defunct Major League Soccer club based in the Los Angeles area that operated as a sister team to Mexico’s C.D. Guadalajara.
B. Carling
Carling is a major British beer brand known for its long-standing sponsorship of top-tier English football competitions and awards.
C. Hennessy
Hennessy is a surname most prominently associated with John L. Hennessy, a renowned computer scientist and former president of Stanford University.
D. Ballantine
Ballantine is the surname of the individual after whom the prestigious Stuart Ballantine Medal for scientific and engineering achievement is named.
E. Heaven Hill Distillery
Heaven Hill Distillery is a major American whiskey producer in Kentucky, best known for its bourbon brands such as Evan Williams and Elijah Craig.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Crown Royal
Target entity description: Crown Royal is a popular Canadian blended whisky brand produced by Diageo and widely known for its distinctive velvet bag packaging.

A. Chivas USA
Chivas USA was a now-defunct Major League Soccer club based in the Los Angeles area that operated as a sister team to Mexico’s C.D. Guadalajara.
B. Carling
Carling is a major British beer brand known for its long-standing sponsorship of top-tier English football competitions and awards.
C. Hennessy
Hennessy is a surname most prominently associated with John L. Hennessy, a renowned computer scientist and former president of Stanford University.
D. Ballantine
Ballantine is the surname of the individual after whom the prestigious Stuart Ballantine Medal for scientific and engineering achievement is named.
E. Heaven Hill Distillery
Heaven Hill Distillery is a major American whiskey producer in Kentucky, best known for its bourbon brands such as Evan Williams and Elijah Craig.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian whisky brand ⓘ blended whisky ⓘ
agingContainer	oak barrels ⓘ
alcoholByVolume	40% ⓘ
beverageType	spirit ⓘ whisky ⓘ
blendType	blend of grain whiskies ⓘ
brandCategory	global spirits brand ⓘ
category	premium whisky ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Canada ⓘ
distilledIn	Manitoba ⓘ
distilleryLocation	Gimli, Manitoba ⓘ surface form: Gimli, Manitoba, Canada
hasLogoElement	crown symbol ⓘ
hasVariant	Crown Royal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Crown Royal Apple Crown Royal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Crown Royal Black Crown Royal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Crown Royal Deluxe Crown Royal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Crown Royal Maple Finished Crown Royal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Crown Royal Noble Collection Crown Royal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye Crown Royal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Crown Royal Peach Crown Royal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Crown Royal Reserve Crown Royal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Crown Royal Vanilla Crown Royal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Crown Royal XO Crown Royal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Crown Royal XR
introducedInYear	1939 ⓘ
labelLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ
market	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States international ⓘ
notableAward	World Whisky of the Year for Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye in Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2016 ⓘ
notableFor	distinctive velvet bag packaging ⓘ
originalPurpose	created to honor a royal visit to Canada by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth ⓘ
ownedBy	Diageo ⓘ
packagingColor	purple ⓘ
packagingFeature	drawstring velvet bag ⓘ
previousOwner	Seagram Company Ltd. ⓘ
primaryIngredient	barley malt ⓘ corn ⓘ rye ⓘ
producer	Diageo ⓘ
regulatoryCategory	distilled alcoholic beverage ⓘ
servingSuggestion	in cocktails ⓘ neat ⓘ on the rocks ⓘ
style	Canadian whisky ⓘ
targetMarket	adult consumers of distilled spirits ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NASCAR team Roush Fenway Racing → majorSponsorHistory → Crown Royal ⓘ

subject surface form: Roush Fenway Racing

Run-D.M.C. → notableWork → Crown Royal ⓘ

Diageo → brandOwnerOf → Crown Royal ⓘ

Diageo → notableBrand → Crown Royal ⓘ