New South American Teakwood - The Boss Hog VII

South American Teakwood

South American Teakwood: The most coveted cask finish from our bespoke barrel program that you’ve never heard of.

This uncommon tropical plant harkens from Northeast Brazil where its used in folk medicine, and known as “cumaru”. Coumarin, the compound which grants this potential healing prowess, is also responsible for the ocean of cinnamon and vanillin aromatics found in this Boss of Hogs.

Our sustainably harvested South American Teak doesn’t stop at cinnamon; never before has such a rich range of beautiful baking spices grace the palate of the modern whiskey drinker. Oodles of nutmeg, allspice, vanilla, mocha, and caramel positively ooze from the glass. This is thanks to a careful and lengthy medium level toast profile, which grants these incredibly intense aromatics while softening the overall intensity of greener wood notes in the cask.

The Boss Hog VII whiskey spends 3 weeks resting in Spanish Oak before stretching its legs in South American Teakwood for just three days.

2 Comments

Jason Flora on February 13, 2021 at 12:47 am

I wonder what the flavor would have been with a lot more days on teak? Do I hear 10 days for a future Boss Hog? Why not 30?

WhistlePig on February 15, 2021 at 5:19 pm

Hi Jason,

As with all of our whiskeys we tried multiple iterations of time spent in the South American Teakwood barrel. What we found was that if the whiskey spent any more time in the teakwood than what we used for the final finish, then the flavor became overwhelming and unpalatable. The differences were so unique that we were testing the whiskey every few hours eventually being led to the what we would call the perfect teakwood finish.

We won’t stop experimenting though, the teakwood is one of our favorite finishes and this wont be the last WhistlePig Whiskey to enjoy it’s symphony of character.

Cheers!

Jason Flora on February 13, 2021 at 12:47 am

I wonder what the flavor would have been with a lot more days on teak? Do I hear 10 days for a future Boss Hog? Why not 30?
- WhistlePig on February 15, 2021 at 5:19 pm
  
  Hi Jason,
  
  As with all of our whiskeys we tried multiple iterations of time spent in the South American Teakwood barrel. What we found was that if the whiskey spent any more time in the teakwood than what we used for the final finish, then the flavor became overwhelming and unpalatable. The differences were so unique that we were testing the whiskey every few hours eventually being led to the what we would call the perfect teakwood finish.
  
  We won’t stop experimenting though, the teakwood is one of our favorite finishes and this wont be the last WhistlePig Whiskey to enjoy it’s symphony of character.
  
  Cheers!