By Richard Thomas
Score: B+
Wigle Single Barrel Straight Rye
(Credit score: Richard Thomas)
It will be honest to say Pennsylvania whiskey begins and ends with its rye, and Pittsburgh’s Wigle Distillery is pretty much as good an instance of how that works in apply as one is prone to discover. Rye isn’t the one whiskey–nor whiskey the one spirit–they make there, however their rye footprint is a big one. They’d seven differing types obtainable as I’m typing this.
So, it’s essential to tell apart this one from the others: as you’ll be able to see within the image, it’s the blue labeled, single barrel straight rye. This whiskey is constructed from a 68% rye, 18% wheat and 14% barley. All of the grains are natural and grown within the area. It’s aged for 4 years and bottled at 100 proof.
The Whiskey
Like many rye whiskeys, this wheated rye has a copper bent to its amber coloring. A whiff exhibits a twin spiciness, one coil of herbaceous, minty spiciness and the opposite mildly peppery. Beneath is a heat caramel sweet.
The flavour, alternatively, isn’t all that spicy in any respect. As a substitute, the stage is held by a caramel sweet, akin to a Milky Approach with a cherry drizzle as an alternative of a chocolate shell, plus a notice of darjeeling tea and a puff of smoke. The spices, to the extent they’re current, rise on the again finish. From there, the end turns very rye certainly, working on with pepper, cedar and dill.
The Value
That is obtainable from the distillery for $69, however some on-line retailers have it marked as much as $90.
