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* Note: This article uses information from the U.S. Department of the Treasury Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). Whiskey labels are approved by the TTB weeks or months ahead of their release and public announcement, so details about pricing and availability aren’t available yet. Furthermore, any proof statements on the label may be placeholders and might change before the official release announcement. However, everything else on the label will appear as it does here, so this gives us a great early look at an upcoming release.
WhistlePig The Boss Hog X “The Commandments” is an upcoming special release from WhistlePig as the 2023 edition of their The Boss Hog series.
The label was approved by the TTB on July 20, 2023.
The tenth release in the Boss Hog series, The Commandments is finished in craft mead barrels and aromatic resin barrels. Boswellia and commiphora are trees that are native to Africa and India that have a fragrant gum resin, which is used to produce incense extracts. Frankincence is an extract from Boswellia trees, and myrrh is extracted from Commiphora trees.
No information is yet available about age, final proof, or pricing details.
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Back label
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