- Proof
- 92
- Age
- 21 yr
- Style
- MaltSmall Batch Pot Still Single Malt Whiskey
- MSRP
- $899.99~$895.00 street
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“A 21-year-old Canadian single malt given a short finish in barrels that once held WhistlePig rye.”
Tasting notes
- nose
- stone fruit and cherry cordial over spiced oak, with cinnamon, vanilla and a little pipe tobacco
- palate
- silky; honey and golden raisin lead into graham cracker, black cherry, maple and oatmeal cookie, edged with baking spice
- finish
- medium-long; oak, maple and praline stay on, with a faint wisp of smoke as it fades and leaves the mouth watering
Mash bill
- Malted barley100%
100% malted barley. It was distilled in Canada from an all-malt mash and spent 21 years in American oak before WhistlePig finished it in barrels that had held its own rye. The barley variety has not been published.
- Cask
- Ex-bourbon American oak; finished in WhistlePig rye barrels
- Finish
- WhistlePig 10-year rye barrels, four weeks
Why it's craft
WhistlePig released The Béhôlden in 2023 as its first single malt, a Canadian malt whiskey aged 21 years, and calls it the first super-aged North American single malt. The company did not distill it: it bought the aged malt, finished it on its Vermont farm in barrels emptied of its own 10-year rye, and hand bottled each barrel there. The first release came from 18 barrels.
WhistlePig Whiskey
Independent · Est. 2007 · Tours