Wigle Triple Double

Part of this Pittsburgh distillery’s series of “Whims” one-offs. Truly interesting nose: a combination of new-barrel bourbon reek and Irish raw barley grassiness yielding mint vanilla juicy wet grain and faint cinnamon. Hot entry of vanilla and small-barrel oak which suddenly collapses to a dry cocoa sweetness spiked with hot pepper like Mexican chocolate. This typifies a lot of craft efforts: not a great whiskey now but one with terrifically interesting potential. I hope Wigle pursues this Whim. Price is per 375 ml.