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Straight Rye Whiskey

Category: Straight Rye Whiskey

Date Tasted: 6/23/2023

Country: USA

Alcohol: 50%

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93 Points

Gold Medal

Exceptional

$39

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Straight Rye Whiskey

Category: Straight Rye Whiskey

Date Tasted: 6/23/2023

Country: USA

Alcohol: 50%

Medium gold color. Aromas and flavors of butterscotch flan, lemon ice tea, caramel corn and candy corn, and toffee with a round, crisp, dry full body and a warming, engaging, buoyant finish displaying notes of butterscotch dipped vanilla ice cream, heath bar, peanut brittle, and candied black pepper corns. A totally toasty, tasty barrel forward Whiskey that deftly hides the higher proof and the rye spice until the finish.

Tasting Info

	Style:	Spicy & Complex
	Aroma:	butterscotch flan, lemon ice tea, caramel corn and candy corn, and toffee
	Flavor:	Same as aromas with notes of butterscotch dipped vanilla ice cream, heath bar, peanut brittle, and candied black pepper corns
	Smoothness:	Warming
	Enjoy:	in cocktails, neat and on the rocks
	Cocktails:	Sazerac, Old Fashioned, Manhattan
	Bottom Line:	A totally toasty, tasty barrel forward Whiskey that deftly hides the higher proof and the rye spice until the finish.

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Uncle Nearest Straight Rye Whiskey

Category: Straight Rye Whiskey

Uncle Nearest Straight Rye Whiskey

Category: Straight Rye Whiskey

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