DrRHCMadden
Whistlepig 10 Year Small Batch Rye
Rye — (bottled in) Vermont, Canada
Reviewed
August 19, 2022 (edited March 26, 2024)
N: Peppermint, vanilla, orange zest
P: warming spices of cinnamon and nutmeg, brown sugar, oak, vanilla, cola
F: medium. Spice and more spice with a slightly astringent sourness.
Had no idea what I was expecting being poured one of these; I certainly wasn’t expecting an explosion of spicy complexity. It is oily and mouth coating and hides other flavours of leathers and tobacco, stone fruits and barrel char. Exciting and super tasty; my only real criticism is that it feels a little one dimensional in its complexity, spicy spicy spicy is great but it perhaps lacks balance with the softer undertones that are present and equally delicious, but somewhat muted.
Distiller whisky taste #61
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@BDanner my knowledge of Rye is poor at best. This though seems to tick the boxes for what a rye should be and then goes on to deliver endless depth of spicy flavours. Really enjoyable.
I found a 50ml of this in my cabinet the other day that I'd forgotten about. I need to give it a review.