WhistlePig / 10 Years Old, Straight Rye

WhistlePig

10 Years Old, Straight Rye

ABV 50%
REVIEWED Issue 89

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Specifications

Brand: WhistlePig
Expression: 10 Years Old, Straight Rye
Type: USA Whisky / Rye
Age: 10 years old
ABV: 50%
Country/Region: USA / Vermont
Bottling type: Standard (Distillery or blended)

Tasting notes

Taster Martine Nouet

Nose: Very unusual. A mix of pine and eucalyptus. Almost medicinal. A huge whiff of caraway. Far far behind, a fruity note. Sour apple.
Palate: Sweet at start then bitter and oaky. Even grippy. A touch of overcookeddamson jam.
Finish: Dry, bitter, oaky.
Comment: An old bourbon or rye? It has stayed too much in casks. Oak has taken the control. Too bad because there is some goodness under.

7.8

Taster Dave Broom

Nose: Turps mixed with mint cordial cut with some form of embrocation. Becomes more sugary with time and then rye, highly perfumed rye at that.
Palate: That oily almost soapy quality but here it's accompanied by a scattergun of allspice clove and maraschino, grippy and powerful.
Finish: Hot.
Comment: It packs a wallop but too intense for me.

7.6

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