This past autumn, Vermont-based WhistlePig launched the fifth edition of its premium rye whiskey expression known as The Boss Hog, with this new edition being named The Spirit of Mauve. Like the four others before it (including The Black Prince we reviewed last year), this whiskey is straight rye, more specifically being a 13-year rye finished in ex-Calvados casks (Calvados is a French brandy distilled in Normandy from apples and sometimes pears) in honor of Mauve’s—their pet pig’s—love of apples. It also comes in its own coffin: a nice touch, though a little macabre. Each bottle features a handcrafted Danforth pewter stopper in the shape of Mauve ascending to heaven.
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