Maine’s Wiggly Bridge Bourbon Goes Small Barrel Route

The Wiggly Bridge Bourbon, according to the distillery, has been aged “for 10 months in smaller than traditional sized barrels.” It is bottled at 96 proof after aging. As for the distillation process, it is said to be distilled from a sour mash recipe on a homemade 60 gallon copper pot still Wiggly Bridge’s father and son founders Dave and Dave II Woods built themselves.

As for the backstory of the Woods, they apparently got into the idea of making their own whiskey, among other sprits, over a family dinner in which someone joked about making their own spirits. This evolved into research and actually development of the distillery itself. Wiggly Bridge is apparently named after a nearby, quirky little bridge that is itself reportedly named as such “from a girl scout troop who said it ‘wiggles’ as they walk over it.”