Peg Leg Porker 12-Year ‘Black Label’ Tennessee Bourbon Whiskey

Last year, we debuted the Peg Leg Porker – a serious Tennessee Whiskey with a great name. A delicious 4-6 year Bourbon made by the BBQ master, bone cancer survivor Carey Bringle himself, the White Label bottling took home Best Bourbon at the Tasting Alliance Championship. That one represented outstanding value for the money.

But Bringle’s 12-Year-Old Bourbon is a whole different animal altogether. For us, it’s been like a unicorn bottling that for whatever reason, I have never been able to secure for us before now. It’s a masterfully aged Bourbon that is essentially three times the age, bringing much more complexity in the form of layered waves of smokiness and tangy flavors that just keep adding depth and new notes as it spends time in the glass.

These bottles are sourced from an unconfirmed distillery, but the smart money is that the quality here can only come from Dickel. What makes it even more unique is that it’s filtered through hickory charcoal after aging instead of maple charcoaling before. The latter is the Lincoln County process which is what most Tennessee whiskeys do (not Dickel though).