WhistlePig 10 Year Single Barrel Rye

I found a store pick, barrel proof MGP aged 13 years 8 months. At 118 proof, this is an exceptional rye. I can't speak for the Alberta distillate, but if you find MGP you'll know it.

Nose: Vanilla and Caramel Pallet: Vanilla with hints of cedar and leather

My bottle is the Westmoreland store pick out of Portland Oregon, it's a 12 year labeled as the 10 year single barrel. Really enjoyable.

OHLQ store pick: smooth pig N: barrel char, maple syrup, brown sugar, vanilla P: oily, cinnamon, raisin, tobacco F: hot, long, pepper, oak

Sweet nose with a sweet peppery taste and a long spicy grain taste mellowed by very slight oak finish. Finishes with a slight ammonia hint. Very nice rye.

Spicy on the front but amazingly mellows out and balances on the backend with a leather finish