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An official collaboration between the Vermont Distillery and the late singer from The Band, the bottling encompasses a 12-year Canadian rye completed in port, madeira and sauternes casks
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WhistlePig Whiskey is celebrating the forty fifth anniversary of The Final Waltz with a brand new Rye Whiskey launch, dubbed “Robbie’s Mix.”
An official collaboration between WhistlePig and the late Robbie Robertson, the bottling encompasses a 12-year-old Canadian “Previous World” rye that is completed in port, Madeira and Sauternes casks. The distiller says to count on a whiskey with hints of sweetness and spice, balanced by notes of ripe citrus, cedar, walnut and crushed white pepper.
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The “Robbie’s Mix” whiskey is obtainable now for $175 on the WhistlePig web site. The whiskey is being launched along side the forty fifth anniversary vinyl re-issue of The Final Waltz, the seminal soundtrack to the 1978 documentary of the identical identify. As a part of the collaboration, the “Robbie’s Mix” bottles have been dipped in wax that features melted vinyl from the album. The whiskey can also be timed to the November 5 one-night-only screening of The Final Waltz at greater than 600 theaters nationwide, by means of Fathom Occasions (see tickets and showtimes right here).
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Whereas Robertson handed away in August, WhistlePig stated the chief of The Band labored carefully with their group on the rye. In a press launch, the Vermont Distillery says Robbie’s Mix was, “Crafted below Robbie Robertson’s watchful eye” and “harmonizes the heartfelt notes of The Band with the complexity of three Previous World Wine barrels. Created with the identical collaborative mindset because the live performance itself, WhistlePig and Robbie Robertson have come collectively to convey you the proper accompaniment to followers’ conventional Thanksgiving viewings of the long-lasting live performance movie and album The Final Waltz, which celebrates its forty fifth anniversary this yr.”
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WhistlePig 12 Yr Robbie’s Mix is obtainable for buy now at whistlepigwhiskey.com at a urged worth of $175 for a 750ml bottle. You will additionally have the ability to discover Robertson’s whiskey at choose shops in Tennessee this fall.
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Wish to watch The Final Waltz on-line? The Martin Scorsese-directed live performance movie is now obtainable to stream or obtain on Amazon Prime. Scorsese spent two years engaged on the movie, which chronicles The Band’s legendary 1976 Thanksgiving present on the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco.
