WhistlePig Launches RoadStock Rye Whiskey
WhistlePig has announced the launch of RoadStock Rye Whiskey, the world’s first ever finished-on-the-road whiskey, created in collaboration with Jordan Winery and Firestone Walker Brewing Company.
Earlier this year, WhistlePig commissioned an 18-wheeler rolling rickhouse to carry Jordan Winery Bordeaux blend casks and virgin oak barrels containing rye whisky on a 6,000 mile round trip from their farm in Shoreham, VT to Firestone Walker Brewing Company in Paso Robles, CA and back.
Upon arriving at Firestone Walker in California, the balance of the whiskey was transferred into Firestone’s Imperial Stout, Imperial Blonde Ale, and Experimental Ale barrels to finish on the journey back to Vermont. Upon returning to Vermont, WhistlePig blended and bottled WhistlePig Roadstock Rye, which it describe as “a symphony of raspberry jam, brown sugar, and toasted cedar.”
Presented in a bottle with a rubber tire topper to commemorate the journey, WhistlePig Roadstock Rye is bottled at 43% ABV (86 proof) and is now available nationwide.
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