Sap Lord 2.0 is our second blend of our 4R mashbill whiskies aged for a minimum of 5 years before being finished in Canadian maple syrup casks. The whisky was then proofed to its 50.5%. The additional sweetness from increased time spent in maple barrels was balanced with a slightly higher ABV than last year’s release. THIS IS NOT A MAPLE WHISKY. This is a whisky aged in maple syrup casks that impart a subtle, nuanced and natural maple influence.
ABV: 50.5%
VOL: 750ml
Total Bottles: 350 x 750ml
The Sap Lord Story
Spring in Canada ushers in some long-awaited sunshine and warm weather, melting winter’s white remnants along the way. The rising temperatures have another benefit, though. They help release sugar reserves in maple trees that were built up the previous summer. If you tap a tree during this time of year, you can collect this sugary sap and boil or reduce it down into the Canadian staple, maple syrup. Fun fact: Canada produces almost 324 MILLION litres, nearly 12 times the volume of the next largest national producer (the US).
Being as quintessentially Canadian as it is, we started to explore how we could marry two delicious liquids that possess a strong Canadian heritage: whisky and maple syrup. While there have been plenty of maple whiskies and maple whisky liqueurs done before, almost all are created by adding maple flavouring, natural or otherwise. This is how idea of SAP LORD came about.
We started by reaching out to our good friends at @floriosugarbush to get our hands on some bulk Ontario Grade A Dark maple syrup. We emptied some whisky casks and refilled the still-wet whisky casks with the maple sticky stuff. After months of aging, we emptied those casks, blending whiskies of our 4R mashbill and laying them to rest in those maple syrup casks. THIS IS NOT A MAPLE WHISKY. This is a whisky aged in maple syrup casks that impart a subtle, nuanced and natural maple influence.
