DISTILLERY NOTES

This whisky was a mash bill of 80% unmalted rye and 20% malted barley. It is a combination of two ex-bourbon casks, that were aged for 2 years and finished for 1 year in small ex-maple syrup American oak barrels, and a small ex-port Hungarian oak barrel. The small barrels were then “married” together to provide the best of both worlds; the sweet vanilla, toffee, toasted oak flavour from American oak, and the spicy, cinnamon, cocoa notes from the European oak. Together they bring out the best of the spicy rye.

BC SPIRITS NOTES

This is a very special bottle of BC Rye from Stillhead Distillery. Super limited. A blend of unmalted rye (80%) and malted barley (20%). Then it’s aged in a mixture of Ex bourbon barrels, maple syrup and port barrels; all this culminates in a kind of cross cultural thinking melange of flavors. Classic Canadian rye, aromatic québécois maple and European port notes. This is an amazing first whisky release from them, great work team.

Alcohol - 45% / 90 proof

Color - Burnt copper, deep almost red brick

Nose - Bold oak notes, hints of smoked wood, and then a deep dried red fruit tone

Taste - Classic Canadian rye spice pops off the tongue, then flows through to maple bark, deep red fruit port notes and finishes with complex oak notes

Finish - Spice, oaky vanilla, red fruitiness for days

Best Enjoyed - Neat

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