WhistlePig 15 Year Old Estate Oak Single Barrel Straight Rye Whiskey 750ml (Bottle #5 of 9)

WhistlePig 15 Year Old Estate Oak Rye Single Barrel Straight Rye Whiskey is a single-barrel selection from WhistlePig's acclaimed Estate Oak program, aged and bottled by WhistlePig at its farm in Shoreham, Vermont. This particular cask was hand-selected by Berry Farms Wine & Spirits and bottled at 109.4 proof (54.7% ABV) — the natural strength of this individual barrel — with this release being bottle number 5 of just 9.

Because it comes from a single barrel chosen by one account, this bottling is genuinely one of a kind. Where the standard Estate Oak 15 Year is offered at 92 proof, this Berry Farms selection arrives considerably hotter at 109.4 proof, delivering a more concentrated, full-strength take on the same 15-year-old rye. With only nine bottles tied to this exact number sequence, it is about as scarce and personal as a WhistlePig release gets.

Vermont Estate Oak is the signature of the program. Grown in a colder climate, the wood lays down denser growth rings than the standard American oak used for most barrels, concentrating flavor that the 15-year-old rye draws on during finishing. While each barrel differs, Estate Oak 15 Year selections typically show caramel, vanilla, and oak with allspice and burnt orange, a creamy palate of butterscotch and baking spice with leather and tobacco, and an ultra-long, warming finish — here amplified by the higher proof; the core Estate Oak 15 Year earned a 97-point score from Wine Enthusiast. Founded in 2007 on a 500-acre former dairy farm in Shoreham, Vermont, WhistlePig helped lead the modern rye whiskey renaissance under founding master distiller Dave Pickerell, the former Maker's Mark master distiller, and has become one of the most celebrated names in American whiskey. For collectors, a numbered, barrel-proof single-barrel pick like this Berry Farms bottle 5 of 9 is among the most exclusive and individual expressions WhistlePig offers.

• Size: 750ml
• Proof: 109.4 Proof (54.7% ABV)
• Age: 15 Year Old
• Origin: Vermont, USA (rye sourced from Canada; finished and bottled in Shoreham, Vermont)
• Distillery: WhistlePig, Shoreham, Vermont
• Whiskey Type: Straight Rye Whiskey (Vermont Estate Oak finish)
• Cask: Single barrel, finished in heavily charred Vermont Estate Oak
• Bottling: Single barrel — bottle #5 of 9
• Selection: Hand-selected by Berry Farms Wine & Spirits
• Accolade: 97 points, Wine Enthusiast (Estate Oak 15 Year)
• Tasting Notes: Caramel, vanilla, oak, allspice, burnt orange; butterscotch, baking spice, leather, tobacco