Since launching last year, The Single Malt Shop has carved out a niche for itself as the go-to destination for collectors of premium whiskey. During that time, they've also released some stunning single cask whiskeys and have just announced the latest collaboration, this time with American distillery, WhistlePig.
Volume 1 in "The Library Series" is the first of a collection of five single cask bottlings from the Vermont-based WhistlePig Distillery, produced to celebrate the ultimate in aged Rye whiskey. Each annual edition comes in a leather bound Encyclopedia so that with every volume, the collector will literally be building their own library. This special whiskey was aged for 11 years in virgin American Oak and was named "Rutland Barrel" in honour of a local Vermont township.
The project was initially commenced under the late Dave Pickerell's stewardship. Known worldwide as the Founding Father of the American Craft Distilling Movement, Dave was master distiller and blender in WhistlePig before he sadly passed away in 2018. Alongside colleague Pete Lynch, who has since become his successor, he decided that they needed to set aside some of their precious rye stocks and allow them additional ageing and care.
