- Proof
- 96.56
- Age
- 6 yr
- Style
- RyeRye Whiskey
- MSRP
- $49.99
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“Six years old and made from nothing but rye, the last whiskey Dave Pickerell worked on.”
Tasting notes
- nose
- cinnamon and cracked black pepper over tobacco leaf and leather, with hay, vanilla, honey and a flash of grapefruit zest
- palate
- brown sugar and caramel meet hard rye spice, white pepper and cocoa, then cardamom, leather and dry oak on a lean body
- finish
- medium-long; cinnamon-candy heat and lightly charred oak, fading slowly to dry leather, tobacco and a last trace of vanilla and citrus
Mash bill
- Rye100%
100% rye. PiggyBack was the first WhistlePig whiskey made entirely from rye grain, with no corn or malted barley in the mash. WhistlePig has not published which rye variety goes into it.
- Cask
- Charred American oak, #3 char
- Best served
- neat or stirred into an Old Fashioned
Awards
- Double Gold — World Spirits Competition
- 93 Points — Wine Enthusiast
Why it's craft
PiggyBack was the last whiskey worked on by Dave Pickerell, WhistlePig's original master distiller, who created it with Pete Lynch; it was released in 2019 as the brand's first all-rye bottling. The label says pot distilled and states a six-year age. Part of the whiskey comes off WhistlePig's own stills in Vermont and part is bought from Canada, and WhistlePig itself began in 2007 when it bought an old dairy farm in Shoreham to grow rye.
WhistlePig Whiskey
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