Reviews

Nose: Fruit — orange — and flowers accompany a light and fresh peatiness. Some chalk and honey. In the mouth whisky is light-bodied but strongly flavored with meaty , but not heavy, peat dominating. The orange and bitter floral greens emerge when the spirit is held in the mouth. Fairy complex and the finish is very long. Water doesn’t change things much, but stretches this fine dram a little further.

Good nose! Tasty and rich!

Marvelous nose. Vanilla. Cola syrup. Chocolate.

Christmas candies on nose, salted caramel receding. Hot dust.

Big mint on the nose! Ir smells like a julep. Mint on taste too. Pumpernickel bread?

Nose is huge. Fruit stripe gum. Complex. Flower. I need time with this one. Try with a big icw cube.

Some sweet fruit note and wood on the nose. Light butter. Body VERY light. Watery, flavor is elusive. A little lemon.

Some fruit on the nose. Butter. Cinnamon.

Classic spicy rye nose with strong perfumey floral notes (violets) I’ve come to expect with previous Whistle Pig bottlings. Flavor is spicy vegetal and alcohol heavy with some mint, again a signature trait. There is an ashy taste on the finish. Water sweetens the nose and reveals more complexity with a strong citrus and wall-plaster thing dominating. Flavor however becomes bland and muted. This is a big loser for me. Some interesting things happen on the nose, but the flavor is desperately wanting.