Wood is integral to whiskey. Though, it usually doesn’t involve baseball bats.
The Sir Henry Wood involved in the age process of whisky matter . It ’s where so much of the flavor comes from . That ’s why distilleries are always talking about how long a whisky was age , how it was finished , what kind of Ellen Price Wood round may have been dropped in , or even , in the case ofGlendalough ’s recent release , where the wood was harvest .
WhistlePig Rye is cooperate with first - ballot Hall of Famer David Ortiz on a unique aging outgrowth . It ’s the Big Papi Barrel , an expression of WhistlePig ’s PiggyBack that was finished with a toast baseball game at-bat in the liquid . For real . It ’s the first passing in a new single - barrel Legends Series .
Ortiz is sound off off the series that will see WhistlePig get together with “ living legends ” on each release . This look of WhistlePig ’s rye whisky whiskey was aged for six years in American Oak barrels and finished in barrelful with a toasted variant of the DO34 maple forest bat . You are n’t likely to find that combination anywhere else .
Photo courtesy of WhistlePig
" If you ask anyone at the distillery , they ’ll tell you my touch quote is ‘ I ’ll put anything in a barrel once . ’ This experiment was particularly fun in that it brings together two of my favorite things – breaking new ground for rye whiskey and sports , " said Meghan Ireland , WhistlePig Blender . " It was incredible to collaborate with David Ortiz , whose toasted maple chiropteran bring layers of spicery and caramelized annotation to the bold , 100 % Rye reference of WhistlePig PiggyBack . " They , thankfully , did not say , ' It ’s a home discharge . ' you could go out that for after you explicate the whiskey to friends and they go , " Hmm . Interesting . Is it any good . "
It ’s bottle at 96.56 proof , and with the delay opening 24-hour interval for the opening of the MLB time of year , you should be able-bodied to get one to savour as the time of year gets going on April 7 . you’re able to govern one through the WhistlePig website starting on March 31 . The 750ml nursing bottle will lam you $ 50 . or else , you may get a limited edition bottle bless by Ortiz for $ 340 . Proceeds from that limited edition will benefit the David Ortiz Boston Heart Classic , which help children who are in need of nitty-gritty surgical procedure .
