Wilderness Trail Distillery announced the release of a special holiday whiskey: Walker Woodfill Distillers Select, a rye finished in maple syrup barrels. It is the distillery’s first barrel-finished release.

To make the special release, Wilderness Trail sent two rye whiskey barrels to a Vermont facility and aged maple syrup in them. After removing the syrup, the barrels were returned to the distillery and filled with Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey for six months.

The result combines Vermont’s maple syrup’s natural complexity with Kentucky rye whiskey’s fruit and spice profile. Originally, Walker Woodfill Distillers Select was barreled at 108 proof and dropped to 98 proof during the cold crashing process of winter.

Walker Woodfill, the world’s only whiskey-powered spirit safe, is depicted on the label of this exclusive release. Walker Woodfill is the name of the copper man pushing the copper barrel inside our spirit safe. Walker first began his journey 6 years ago and now the fruits of his labor have found their way into this bottle of Rye Whiskey, a mashbill of 56% rye, 33% corn and 11% malted barley.

Walker Woodfill Distillers Select is only available for members of Bourbon, Limited – a subscription-only club offering the scarcest private releases from the heart of bourbon country. The club can ship to the nine states that Kentucky has agreements with: Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, in addition to Washington, D.C.

Several times a year members of this club will receive releases of one-of-a-kind offerings delivered to their door. The releases are only available to be purchased through the Bourbon, Limited website. It couldn’t be simpler: you just provide them with your address and payment details, and when the whiskey is ready, they’ll send you a bottle straight from the distillery. 

Membership in Bourbon, Limited is just that – limited to the first 5,000 who elect to sign up for shipments.

The price of the finished Maple Syrup Rye Whiskey is $75 a bottle and a bottle of the maple syrup is $15. For anyone wanting to compare and contrast, the original rye whiskey prior to the maple syrup is available for $63 a bottle.

Visit Bourbon, Limited for all the details and to join the club.