DISTILLERY NOTES

This single cask Rye Whisky was aged in an ex-bourbon barrel for 2 years before continuing maturation for 1 1/2 years in a Blackberry Port-style cask from Cherry Point Vineyards.

Gingerbread, Molasses, menthol on the nose, Christmas cake, cloves, fig newtons on the palate, and medium creamy, black tea and pepper finish.

BC SPIRITS NOTES

What a great one from Stillhead Distillery to commerate the first "Spirit of the Week". A new release of their already fantastic rye whisky. This time it's finished in blackberry port casks, giving it a slightly fresh blackberry nose and then it's all fragrant rye spice. On the palate, the blackberry creeps through in the front, sweet and fruity and then that rye just busts the door down and makes you know what you are drinking. Gorgeous rye with those hints of complimenting blackberry fruitiness.

Alcohol - 46% / 92 proof

Color - Burnt copper

Nose - Sweet rye bread with hints of blackberry jam

Taste - The rye is spicy and complex and the added addition of the sweet fruitiness of the blackberry balances it out before the rye spice comes barreling back in the finish

Finish - Fresh rye bread, blackberry jam and hints of mineral flintiness

Best Enjoyed - Swap out for your rye in a Manhattan

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BC Spirits "Spirits of the Week" #1 - Stillhead Distillery Blackberry Port Finish

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