Tastes

Nose: Fruit Tart and cinnamon spice with vanilla. Tate: Stone fruit and vanilla dessert. The spice carries softly throughout and leads you right into a warm holiday finish. Finish: The rye keeps everything meandering around your mouth long after the golds gone down. Beautiful and well balanced. Worth picking up. Long legs.

Nose: vanilla, cinnamon, apricot, cake, seasonal fruit. Palate: Raisons, dried fruits, cherries and holiday spice. Well balanced perfectly sweet. Finish: Subtle, gradual beginning with a beautiful spice that fades into a sweet caramel and dried fruit. Easy bourbon to drink for a 114 proof. 10/10 recommend.

Nose: Vanilla, caramel, fruity and slight floral Palate: Big apple flavors, sweet vanilla cherry, light leather notes giving way to very easy oak. Finish: A comfortable, sweet oak with a dark cherry undertone. Can’t wait to try the 20 and Toasted.

Nose: Vanilla and alcohol are right off the bat. Allowing the bourbon to open up a little helps a little with the intensity and allows a banana nut bread/pudding. Palate: Vanilla, honey sweetness with a lingering hint of banana bread. Finish: Caramel, vanilla nut. A drop of water splits the aromas on the nose and actually intensifies the harsh alcohol notes. However, it brings out a beautiful orange flavor on the palate that reminds me of a candied orange.

Nose: Honey, Caramel, Red Cherry Palate: The honey caramel fallow through and open up with a soft oak. Finish: The oak fades softly and you’re left with a sweet desert that reminds me of a chocolate covered cherry. Side note: A drop of water opens the reserve up. A spring floral note can be found on the nose and the palate brings the sweetness of the honey forward. Cheers.

Nose: Notes of vanilla and brown sugar or apple pie. Palate: The caramel carries through with a lingering honey. The oak is light but still there but perfectly balanced perfectly with the sweetness on the front. Finish: Vanilla and warm pie crust with a hint of spice. This is a very well rounded bourbon and something i would recommend to anyone new to bourbon (if you can find it on a shelf). When people talk about complex, beautiful bourbon, this is what they’re talking about. Cheers.

Sweet and easy drinkin’. A great all-rounded bourbon for making drinks with small hints of vanilla and oak.

This is a great rye. There’s no denying the spice in the WhistlePig. Makes a great Manhattan or neat. If you like rye, this is your buy.