A JOURNEY THROUGH THE WORLD OF WHISKIES,ONE INSIGHT AT A TIME
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Whistlepig's Annual Boss Hog Releases Are Always Very Exciting Expressions For Rye Enthusiasts, And The 2018 Edition Most Certainly Will Make A Few Eyebrows Raise Excitedly. It's A 13 Year Old Rye Whiskey, Which Has Been Finished In Calvados Casks, In Honour Of Whistlepig's Mauve And Her Love Of Apples. Apples Are Great, So That's Understandable. The Calvados Casks Have Helped To Bolster The Stewed Orchard Fruit Notes At The Core Of The Spirit.
This Is The Second Limited Edition Release In Whistlepig's Farmstock Series, Which Is Intended To Achieve What The Distillery Has Termed Its '100% Triple Terroir Vision'. This Entails Creating An Expression Which Is Distilled Entirely From Whistlepig Grain, Proofed With Whistlepig Water And Aged In Whistlepig Custom Vermont White Oak. Which All Sounds Deliciously Whistlepig! The Blend That Went Into Farmstock Rye Crop 002 Was Crowdsourced From An Estimated 500 Bartenders, Influencers, And Consumers From Around The United States, With 32% Of It Being 2-Year-Old 'triple Terroir' Rye Whiskey (Up From 20% From Whistlepig Farmstock Crop No.001). A 6-Year-Old Whiskey From Mpgi In Indiana Makes Up A Further 45% Of The Blend, While The Final 23% Is 10-Year-Old Whiskey From Alberta Distillers In Canada. Peter Lynch, The Distillery’s Master Blender Worked Closely With The Master Distiller, Dave Pickerell, To Perfect The Final Blend.
WhistlePig is a Vermont based brand of straight rye whiskey which is matured at Alberta distilleries and later shipped to Vermont. Though being relatively new in the whiskey world, it has become a well-known brand WhistlePig released their first expression in 2015 and have since released many acclaimed Rye whiskeys.
The Hibiki 17 Year Old is a blended Japanese whisky from the house of Suntory. The word ‘Hibiki’ means Harmony in Japanese, and this expression was first released in 1989.
A superior deluxe 18-year-old blended Scotch whisky made from an exclusive selection of 15 different aged whiskies. The blend delivers an exceptionally smooth taste together with a richness of character and lasting finish
Outstanding Scotch whiskey, made in the traditional way. Aged in oak barrels for at least five years. One of the most famous Scotch whiskey in the wor
Hewitts is a famous old brand name that was originally produced by Watercourse Distillery in Cork. As mergers and acquisitions occured it became part of the Cork Distillers Company and was most likely bottled using whiskey from Midleton Distillery and possibly one or two others.
Drambuie is a golden coloured, 40% ABV liqueur made from scotch whisky, honey, herbs and spices. The brand had been owned by the MacKinnon family for a hundred years but was bought by William Grant & Sons in 2014. It has been produced under contract at the Morrison Bowmore Distillers facility at Springburn Bond, Glasgow since 2010.
A peated Irish whiskey which has been very well received scoring 94.5 points in the 2018 edition of Jim Murrays whiskey bible. Made up of a single grain Whiskey, a 10 year Old single malt and a 15 year Old oloroso sherry finished single malt which have been married together in a peated cask. Its not too often that peated Irish whiskeys pop up, so take full advantage of this one!
Bulleit Straight Rye is a small-batch Rye whiskey that is considered to be a cult-classic among lovers of Rye whiskey. It is produced by the makers of Bulleit Bourbon, and is known to have one of the highest presence of Rye in their mash bill with very little malted barley and no corn.
Long before David Beckham and Haig Club, there was Dimple Haig. Launched at the end of the 19th century, it became the deluxe, sophisticated brother to the standard Haig & Haig blend, while in the US it has long been known as Dimple Pinch. Whether the name inspired the bottle or vice versa is unclear, but Dimple has always been packaged in a distinctive lozenge-shaped bottle with pinched sides like a collapsed pot still. Of the various expressions over time, the 15-year-old has a caramel sweetness, a touch of spice, some vanilla oak and no discernible smoke.
Long, sweet and smooth, this expression is inspired by the legend that Longmorn was every distiller’s favourite dram apart from their own.
