2024 Day 4 - Whistle Pig Small Batch Rye 10 year
- Paul Mora
- Dec 15, 2024
- 1 min read
This is a Canadian whiskey blended and bottled in Vermont.
Whistle pig has a history producing some of the best whiskeys and rye. This one does not miss the mark.
The color is a medium amber. At 100 proof the nose is pepper, vanilla, pear and prune. The palette is very sweet, lots of brown sugar cherry, and a hint of dill?!
The finish this short with the medium warmth it's very spicy with continuing notes of dill with cherry and cinnamon. I ask you all for feedback. Afterall, it is Whistle Pig…..
I am a huge fan of small batch. The trouble is it never stays in the bottle very long.
Although it may not be for everyone's pallet, I felt it was a good one to share. Cheers!
I'm liking this one. I still need to tone it down a bit with water....but I think that is my personal overall theme. This one has a nose of a nice dessert treat and doesn't disappoint. Me likey.
This is a pass for me. Maybe I wore my grumpy-pants tonight. I don’t get the dill but maybe green bell pepper and the seeds were in the mash. I’m capping 3 & 4 to retaste tomorrow as I wonder if my palate is awry.
Having spent the last 11 years working for a publisher based in Vermont, I know a little sumpn'-sumpn' about Canadians who went to finishing school in the Green Mountain State. And I can confirm that this Whistle Pig rye has all the sophistication of a flannel-ed Maple Leaf season ticket holder who went to Bennington College and still parties with Peter Dinklage. Also, as the sole consumer of both prunes and Asian pears in this household, I will also say that not only has Paul nailed the palette notes, but that I'll do my best to impress the original Most Interesting Man In The World with this bottle the next time I drink with him on the porch of The…
This is a rye I can dig. Not too overpowering nor too sweet. Its almost an everyday rye bourbon if there is such a thing.