High West Yippee Ki YayA fun little experiment from the High West guys that became a mini phenomenon! But isn't that how most great products begin? One day they decided to take their Double Rye and put it into oak barrels from a California winery that were used to age vermouth and syrah, and Yippee Ki Yay was born. One almost imagines the name came from the reaction of Dave Perkins, the founder, when he first tasted this stuff! Or, perhaps they are just Die Hard fans like