Krampus Collection · 100% rye whiskey
Krampus Bottled-in-Bond Rye
$49.99750 ml · 50% ABV
100% Whatcom County rye, more than five years in oak, bottled at 100 proof. Peppery rye and deep grain, then oak, vanilla, maple and honey.
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Slightly Sinister. No Shortcuts.
All rye, all ours: grown in Whatcom County, distilled in Bellingham, then left alone in oak for more than five years.
This is the whiskey we make the hard way. Every step, from milling the grain to filling the bottle, happens under our roof on Cornwall Avenue.
100% Rye. Not 51%.
A whiskey only needs 51% rye to call itself rye. Ours is rye from top to bottom, every bit of the mash bill.
The grain comes from the TeVelde family farm, less than 25 miles from the distillery. We mill it ourselves, cook the mash and distill it here. Grain to glass, no outside whiskey in the bottle.
Started in Wood.
Before it ever reaches the still, the rye mash ferments in traditional open wooden fermenters. It is slower and more hands-on than steel, and it is how every batch of this rye gets its start.
Toasted, Charred, and Patient.
Then it waits. The rye spends more than five years in new American white oak barrels from Independent Stave Company. Each barrel is toasted first, then finished with a No. 3 char.
We skip chill filtration at bottling, so the whiskey keeps all of its natural body and texture.
Bottled in Bond, by the Book.
Bottled in Bond goes back to an 1897 federal law written to keep whiskey honest: one distillery, one distilling season, at least four years in a bonded warehouse, and exactly 100 proof. Krampus clears every bar, with more than a year to spare in the barrel.
It is our first bottled-in-bond rye, but not our first rye. Earlier Chuckanut Bay Rye releases took Gold with 95 points at the 2025 New York International Spirits Competition and Gold with 91 points at the 2022 USA Spirits Ratings. That same New York competition named us 2025 Washington Distillery of the Year.
In the Glass
Peppery rye spice and deep grain on the nose, with oak underneath. The palate is bold and structured: rye pepper first, then oak, vanilla, maple and honey. The finish is dry, warm and long.
The Nerd Specs
- Strength
- 50% ABV · 100 proof
- Mash bill
- 100% rye
- Grain
- TeVelde family farm, Whatcom County · under 25 miles away
- Fermentation
- Open wooden fermenters
- Age
- More than five years
- Barrels
- New American white oak · Independent Stave Company
- Barrel treatment
- Toasted, then No. 3 char
- Filtration
- Not chill filtered
- Designation
- Bottled in bond
- Bottle size
- 750 ml
- Under the seal
- One of four Coins of Krampus
How to Drink It
Neat, or with one big rock, so the rye does the talking. At 100 proof it holds its character in a Manhattan or an Old Fashioned right down to the last sip.
