WhistlePig Piggyback Rye Whiskey

Description

WhistlePig is shorthand for innovation, pushing forward, and upgrading. It’s also an awesome name and a fun image to have in one’s mind. The story started in 2007 when the founding crew bought a farm in Vermont.

They teamed up with Master Distiller Dave Pickerell and discovered a stock of a decade-old Canadian Whisky. They finished and bottled it at the farm and wrote the first chapter of their Whiskey-making tale.

WhistlePig’s principle is taking old-school approaches, adapting them to new ways, and looking for the best methods to create booze. Surrounded by goats, sheep, horses, bees, and, yes, pigs, wonderful expressions emerge from the farm. This release was born during the summer of 2018 when Master Distiller Dave returned to the farm with a wild dream: create the best aged Rye Whiskey that’s also perfect for your Rye cocktail.

It’s 100% Rye with an intense spicy profile. WhistlePig PiggyBack Rye spent six years in oak barrels and became a complex and smooth delight.

Piggyback is made with fresh cinnamon and ground black pepper with subtle citrus and grapefruit zest on the nose. The palate is powerfully spicy with accents of cocoa, cardamom, and treated leather. The finish is intense and lingering with notes of vanilla, citrus and baking spice