Whistlepig Snout to Tail Toasted Bourbon 10 Year

WhistlePig built its name on rye — the 10 Year Small Batch effectively kicked off the modern rye revolution — and Snout-to-Tail is the brand's first serious swing at bourbon under its well-aged lineup. Head Blender Meghan Ireland calls it "the equal and opposite" of that flagship rye. Distilled in Kentucky and aged a full 10 years in new charred oak, it then goes through a finishing process WhistlePig claims is a world first: each barrel is fitted with two differently treated heads — a medium-toast Vermont oak at "the snout" and a smoked maple wood toast at "the tail" — and the barrels are physically flipped 180 degrees mid-maturation so the whiskey draws from both. Bottled at 88 proof (44% ABV), a wink at the 880 miles between the Vermont farm and the company's new Kentucky outpost. Expect honey, brown sugar, vanilla, toasted cashew, and citrus on the nose, with roasted almond, baked cornbread, caramel, and gentle oak spice on the palate, finishing on butterscotch, cedar, and warm spice. Reviewers largely enjoy it while debating the proof — VinePair wondered whether 88 sits a few points below optimal for a 10-year double-barreled bourbon. Sweet-forward, genuinely mature, and worth a splash of water.

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