Tap Rye Sherry Finished 8 Year Old will hit stores mid-October. The new TAP marque is an eight-year-old Canadian rye whisky blended with Spanish Amontillado Sherry, creating a sophisticated rye whisky that is as smooth and flavorful as it is unique. It is handcrafted in small batches at the oldest distillery in Western Canada, finished in small quantities in Quebec by Master Blender Michel Marcel.
The Amontillado Sherry for Tap comes from the Jerez region in Spain where the finest Sherries are produced. The whisky is distilled multiple times in small batches using a pot still and continuous distillation from a reserve blend before it is placed in casks for eight years. Once the whisky has come of age, the rye is expertly finished by Marcel with a small amount of Amontillado Sherry and placed in charred white oak bourbon barrels from North America where it rests for no less than 60 days. The spirit is then bottled in elegant Bruni glass and cork-finished.
With the launch of Tap Rye Sherry Finished, Tap Whisky has created a Barrel-Aged Cocktail Program for on-premise accounts featuring beautifully branded oak barrels where innovative mixologists can serve their guests classic and unique aged cocktails directly from the barrel. Additional barrel-aged recipes will be created by Master Mixologist Jonathan Pogash, the Cocktail Guru, and will be available on the Tap Whisky website.
The Tap Whisky Finished Collection includes Tap 357 Canadian Maple Rye Whisky and Tap Port Finished Canadian Rye Whisky. Tap is imported by Van Gogh Imports.
