There are loopy gimmicks after which there’s this particular version of WhistlePig’s PiggyBack 6 12 months outdated rye, a whiskey that was previously most well-known for being Dave Pickerell’s closing product produced for the Vermont operation.
Now, it’s the bottom for the mom of all stunts: An version of PiggyBack that’s completed with baseball bats, particularly David “Pig Papi” Ortiz’s signature “DO34” maple wooden bats. (Somebody pinch me once they do a end with aluminum bats, will ya?) Not a baseball fan? Parts of proceeds will go to Ortiz’s Kids’s Fund, so if any of this sounds fascinating, know you’re doing a little bit good by consuming it.
Can you actually style the Massive Papi on this launch? Let’s attempt it out.
I don’t have any of the unique PiggyBack readily available for comparability, however the nostril on this whiskey is instantly acquainted. A number of baking spice, heavy on the cloves, and frivolously dusty. Hints of rhubarb and black cherry right here, and loads of barrel char within the combine, although nothing that feels particularly Papiesque. It’s peppery on the palate, however tempered with sweetness. There’s brown sugar, for positive, however is it maple syrup or simply my creativeness working away with me? The considered these bats swirling round in a barrel of whiskey. Anyway, I digress. Extra clove, ginger, and licorice notes give the midpalate some punch — Massive Papi should be swinging for the fences right here. Any trace of sweetness although dries up on the again finish as spice actually takes over, the end changing into fairly drying and — as I mentioned with the unique PiggyBack — relatively rustic.
The components hasn’t modified a lot with this particular version, and happily neither has the value. Whereas it’s definitely not one of the best whiskey on the shelf, I’ve to assume that in case you picked a bottle up for the Purple Sox fan in your life, you’d earn nothing however reward in return.
96.56 proof.
B+ / $55 / whistlepigwhiskey.com
WhistlePig PiggyBack 100% Rye 6 Years Previous – Massive Papi Version
$55
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