The eighth chapter of WhistlePig's Boss Hog series, LapuLapu's Pacific closes out a whiskey voyage around the globe. Each bottle is drawn from a single barrel and filled at barrel strength, landing between 104.8 and 106.6 proof, with a well-aged rye base that spent time in high-toast Philippine rum casks. The result carries tropical warmth and spice over a firm rye backbone, in a 750 ml bottle at 51.75% ABV.
Named for LapuLapu, the Filipino warrior remembered for his defiance and strength, the whiskey opens with vanilla followed by softer tropical notes of underripe banana, lemon and molasses. Cinnamon, citrus zest, butterscotch and toffee fill the palate, and the close stretches out with tanned leather, brown sugar, nutmeg, allspice and familiar rye spice. Complex rye spice, oak depth and vanilla sweetness lead into a bold finish built for whiskey collectors.
WhistlePig The Boss Hog VIII Lapulapu's Four Around the World
The eighth chapter of WhistlePig's Boss Hog series, LapuLapu's Pacific closes out a whiskey voyage around the globe. Each bottle is drawn from a single barrel and filled at barrel strength, landing between 104.8 and 106.6 proof, with a well-aged rye base that spent time in high-toast Philippine rum casks. The result carries tropical warmth and spice over a firm rye backbone, in a 750 ml bottle at 51.75% ABV.
Named for LapuLapu, the Filipino warrior remembered for his defiance and strength, the whiskey opens with vanilla followed by softer tropical notes of underripe banana, lemon and molasses. Cinnamon, citrus zest, butterscotch and toffee fill the palate, and the close stretches out with tanned leather, brown sugar, nutmeg, allspice and familiar rye spice. Complex rye spice, oak depth and vanilla sweetness lead into a bold finish built for whiskey collectors.
