The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is holding another online auction to purchase rare whiskeys. The lotteries for 3,919 bottles are open to all Pennsylvania residents. The liquors include Van Winkle Special Reserve Straight Bourbon 12 Year Old and Caribou Crossing Single Barrel Canadian Whisky. The deadline to enter is Friday, May 5 at 5 p.m.
Whiskey Review: Wigle Single Barrel Straight Bourbon
Whiskey Review: Wigle Single Barrel Straight Bourbon
Editor’s Note: This whiskey was provided to us as a review sample by Wigle Whiskey. This in no way, per our editorial policies, influenced the final outcome of this review. It should also be noted that by clicking the buy link towards the bottom of this review our site receives a small referral payment which helps to support, but not influence, our editorial and other costs.
Even if you’re a Wigle Whiskey fan, you might have a hard time tracking down a bottle of the Single Barrel Straight Bourbon. The distillery makes only a couple of 53-gallon barrels annually, and it rarely finds distribution beyond Pennsylvania. (A few cases occasionally make it over the border to New York or New Jersey, apparently.)
Whiskey Review: Wigle Port Rye Whiskey
Whiskey Review: Wigle Port Rye Whiskey
Editor’s Note: This whiskey was provided to us as a review sample by Wigle Whiskey. This in no way, per our editorial policies, influenced the final outcome of this review. It should also be noted that by clicking the buy link towards the bottom of this review our site receives a small referral payment which helps to support, but not influence, our editorial and other costs.
Pittsburgh-based Wigle Whiskey is a small distillery with decidedly large ambitions. “Our innovation team,” Wigle’s website tells us, “devotes enormous amounts of resources into research and making each one of our dozens of regionally inspired spirits from scratch.”