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Liberty Pole Spiced Whiskey

The Liberty Pole Spiced Whiskey is an annual release, usually in October. It is based on a rye that’s at least 3 years old and matured in a 53-gallon oak barrel. To this is added allspice, orange peel, brown sugar and cinnamon. The genesis of this mixture came about at a holiday party where the Old Fashioneds had a homemade allspice dram added, which the distillers attempt to recreate here. Thanks mom! Historically, Pennsylvania distillers during the Whiskey Rebellion also added spices to their whiskies during the holidays.

By Adam | December 10, 2023 | Foreign | No Comments |

Wood Hat Spirits was founded in 2012 by Gary Hinegardner, a local agronomist and businessman, located right by the side of the highway in New Florence, Missouri. Gary is also a wood turner and creates, among other things, the wooden hats after which the distillery is named. More pertinent to this website, Gary also creates whiskies and cordials. The Wood Hat Aged Blue Corn Whiskey uses Hopi blue corn and is aged in toasted chinquapin oak barrels, a specials of white oak native to eastern and central North America.

By Adam | November 20, 2023 | Foreign | No Comments |

This whiskey has a story particular to Scotchology. This had been slotted for World Whisky Day 2020 but a last minute mixup in shipping meant that we had to substitute the Batch 3 instead, to the complaint of absolutely no one. But Batch 2 deserves its due. Wanderback exists somewhere between an independent bottler and a distillery, in that they procure the barrels of single malt from different distilleries – Batches 1-4 from Westland Distillery and Batches 5-6 from Balcones Distilling – and then choose how they age or finish them. The Wanderback Batch 2 is aged a minimum of 3 years and finished in a mix of ex-bourbon and ex-rum casks.

By Adam | October 20, 2023 | Foreign | No Comments |