After years of toiling within the bourbon commerce, pitmaster cum whiskey magnate Casey Bringle is off to the world of rye, dropping this 8 12 months previous expression of Peg Leg Porker as his first entry into the class. Made with the traditional 95% rye, 5% malted barley mashbill — however in Tennessee, not Indiana — and made together with his hickory charcoal ending course of, that is Bringle’s first whiskey launch since 2020.
How does Peg Leg do on the earth of rye? Let’s not dally as we work to search out out.
The trademark smokiness of Peg Leg Porker bourbon is effectively in impact right here, providing an fragrant mixture of barbecue pit smoke, mint, and dry grass — traditional rye character filtered unmistakably by means of the warmth of the pit. Some chocolate and nutty components add extra approachability up prime, alongside a touch of cherry, heavy on the pit. On the palate, the whiskey’s obtained loads of warmth, fairly drying because of its boldly grassy high quality and laden with the essence of hay being harvested out within the open discipline. I wouldn’t say water’s an absolute should, nevertheless it positive doesn’t harm, coaxing out some wanted sweetness within the type of honeycomb, peanut butter, and mint syrup, virtually julep-adjacent at instances. Toasty and mildly candy however nonetheless a bit inexperienced on the end, the whiskey acquits itself in the long run as a hearty expression of rye that totally options the grain and lets secondary notes drift out and in as wanted.
105 proof.
B+ / $100
Peg Leg Porker Tennessee Rye 8 Years Previous
$100
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