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Storm King Distilling Co.

Storm King Distilling Co.
Colorado Straight Rye Whiskey Batch No. 4

Category: Straight Rye Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 45%
89 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$85

Storm King Distilling Co.
Colorado Straight Rye Whiskey Batch No. 4

Category: Straight Rye Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 45%
Amber color. Grainy aromas and flavors of saddle soap and suede, pickled nopales and prickly pear, butter toasted caraway raisin rye bread, and painted barn wood and flower patch with a supple, bright, dry-yet-fruity medium body and a warming, appealing, very long finish with overtones of glazed orange bran muffin, vanilla macadamia milk, and salted caramel pretzel. A grain forward Rye with a nice array of earthy grain and honeyed, spicy fruit and vegetable notes.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Complex, Fruity, Rich & Spicy
Aroma Aroma: saddle soap and suede, pickled nopales and prickly pear, butter toasted caraway raisin rye bread, and painted barn wood and flower patch
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with overtones of glazed orange bran muffin, vanilla macadamia milk, and salted caramel pretzel
Smoothness Smoothness: Warming
Enjoy Enjoy: neat, on the rocks, with cigars and in cocktails
Cocktail Cocktails: Whiskey Sour, Old Fashioned, Manhattan
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A grain forward Rye with a nice array of earthy grain and honeyed, spicy fruit and vegetable notes.

The Producer

Storm King Distilling Co.

The Producer
41 West Main St.
Montrose, CO 81401
USA
1 970-209-8663

Straight Rye Whiskey

Spirits Glass Glencairn Canadian Amber.jpg
Serve in a Glencairn Ganadian Whisky Glass
In order for a product to be categorized as a Straight Rye Whiskey, the following must be true:

Mash bill must be made up of a minimum of 51% rye.
Aged a minimum of two years.
May not contain any flavors or colors.
All of the liquid in the bottle must be distilled in the same state.