For the Blind Pig Society's first tasting event, we will be tasting 6 whiskeys: 3 bourbons and 3 ryes. From each whiskey category, we will taste 1 low(er) ABV expression, 1 high(er) ABV expression, and 1 expression finished in special barrels.
1. Smooth Ambler Out Scout 10 year
2. Four Roses Single Barrel OBSV Gordon's
This is a private barrel selected and sold exclusively by Gordon's Fine Wines & Liquors in Boston.
3. Hillrock Solera
This bourbon is unique because it uses the solera system of aging, and is finished is in Oloroso Sherry barrels.
4. Lot 40 Canadian Rye
5. Willett Family Estate Bottled Small Batch Rye - 3 Year, Cask Strength
6. WhistlePig 12 Year Old World Rye
This rye is finished in Madeira, Sauternes, and Port barrels, making for a very smooth and unique expression.
1. Smooth Ambler Out Scout 10 year
- Type: Bourbon
- Bottler: Smooth Ambler Spirits (West Virginia)
- Distiller: Speculation is Midwest Grain Products Ingredients (MGP) (Indiana)
- Mash Bill: 75% corn, 21% rye, and 4% malt
- Tasting Notes (per Old Scout): Smooth and sweet with a complex and lingering mid-palate range of nutty vanilla, honey and tobacco.
- ABV: 50%
- Cost: $52
2. Four Roses Single Barrel OBSV Gordon's
This is a private barrel selected and sold exclusively by Gordon's Fine Wines & Liquors in Boston.
- Type: Bourbon
- Bottler: Four Roses (Kentucky)
- Distiller: Four Roses (Kentucky)
- Mash Bill: TBD
- Tasting Notes: TBD
- ABV: 57.1%
- Cost: $70
3. Hillrock Solera
This bourbon is unique because it uses the solera system of aging, and is finished is in Oloroso Sherry barrels.
- Type: Bourbon
- Bottler: Hillrock Estate Distillery (New York)
- Distiller: Source unknown
- Mash Bill: 37% rye
- Tasting Notes (per Hillrock):
- Nose: caramel, dried fruit, vanilla, oak and spice, accented by an elegant floral note
- Palate: Opens with rich notes of brown sugar, molasses and toffee, followed by roasted corn, clove, cinnamon, and a touch of spicy rye
- Finish: Oloroso sherry notes of walnut, fig and candied fruit with caramel and butterscotch.
- ABV: 46%
- Cost: $84
4. Lot 40 Canadian Rye
- Type: Rye
- Bottler: Corby Distilleries (Canada)
- Distiller: Hiram Walker Distillery (Canada)
- Mash Bill: 90% rye grain, 10% malted rye
- Tasting Notes: TBD
- ABV: 43%
- Cost: $56
5. Willett Family Estate Bottled Small Batch Rye - 3 Year, Cask Strength
- Type: Rye
- Bottler: Willett Distillery (Kentucky)
- Distiller: Willett Distillery (Kentucky)
- Mash Bill: Commingled high rye Willett mash bill (74% rye, 11% corn, 11% malted barley) with low rye Willett mash bill (51% rye, 34% corn, 15% malted barley). A larger percentage of the high rye mash bill was used.
- Tasting Notes (per Willett):
- Nose: leather notes, sweet notes up front with spice notes following a little later, mint, woodsy cologne
- Palate: tingling rye spice on the front with nice sweet notes emerging, corn shows its face a tad, but much less so than the 2-year expression; evergreens, cinnamon, anise, dill, spearmint
- Finish: lively finish with a back and forth of sweet and spicy elements dancing in harmony
- ABV: 56.3%
- Cost: $42
6. WhistlePig 12 Year Old World Rye
This rye is finished in Madeira, Sauternes, and Port barrels, making for a very smooth and unique expression.
- Type: Rye
- Bottler: WhistlePig Farm (Vermont)
- Distiller: Speculation is Midwest Grain Products (MGP) (Indiana)
- Mash Bill: 95% rye and 5% malted barley
- Tasting Notes (per WhistlePig):
- Nose: Caramel, vanilla and winter fruit
- Palate: Rye spice, apricots, plums, raisins, dates, and honey
- Finish: Dark chocolate, winter fruit, caramel, and vanilla
- ABV: 43%
- Cost: $115
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