Pine Barrens Whisky Single Malt

"I've always been a whisky fan," says Rich Stabile, the founder of Long Island Spirits and the creator of Pine Barrens Single Malt Whisky. "When we decided we were going to make a whisky, we really wanted to do something different and knock people's socks off. Most American whiskies are made from corn or rye "” we wanted to do something totally unique, so we decided to distill a craft beer."

Pine Barrens Single Malt Whisky is distilled from bottle-ready Old Howling Bastard beer (10.0% ABV). The beer, which is made from English two-row barley and Vienna malt, has a robust caramel flavor that is nicely balanced by strong notes of hops. "All whiskies start out as beer, but 99.999% of those beers are undrinkable before you distill them," says Stabile. "We started our whisky-making process with a great, high quality, drinkable beer and distilled it in micro-batches."