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Western Reserve Distillers
Caribbean Cask Finished Straight Rye Whiskey

Category: Cask-Finished Straight Rye Whiskey

Date Tasted: 7/20/2022

Country: USA

Alcohol: 47%

Gluten-Free Organic

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88 Points

Silver Medal

Highly Recommended

$65

Western Reserve Distillers
Caribbean Cask Finished Straight Rye Whiskey

Category: Cask-Finished Straight Rye Whiskey

Date Tasted: 7/20/2022

Country: USA

Alcohol: 47%

Gold color. Aromas and flavors of shoe polish, spearmint, irish soda bread with wild flower honey, meyer lemon, and herbs de provence with a silky, dry medium-to-full body and a captivating, medium-to-long finish that shows nuances of earl grey tea with mint, cracked black pepper, xanthan gum, blonde tobacco, and orange blossom honey. A pleasant sipper that will be excellent in autumnal cocktails, but leaves the drinker wanting more from this Whiskey.

Tasting Info

	Style:	Spicy & Complex
	Aroma:	shoe polish, spearmint, irish soda bread with wild flower honey, meyer lemon, and herbs de provence
	Flavor:	Same as aromas with nuances of earl grey tea with mint, cracked black pepper, xanthan gum, blonde tobacco, and orange blossom honey
	Smoothness:	Silky
	Enjoy:	in cocktails, neat, on the rocks, with cigars and with drops of water
	Cocktails:	Sazerac, Old Fashioned, Manhattan
	Bottom Line:	A pleasant sipper that will be excellent in autumnal cocktails, but leaves the drinker wanting more from this Whiskey.

The Producer

Western Reserve Distillers

14221 Madison Ave

Lakewood, OH 44107

USA

1 -330-780-9599

westernreservedistillers.com

Their Portfolio

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Cask-Finished Straight Rye Whiskey

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Serve in a Glencairn Ganadian Whisky Glass

About

Cask-Finished Straight Rye Whiskey

A Cask-Finished Straight Rye Whiskey will undergo additional maturation in one or more barrels, the previous contents of which contribute to the aromas and flavors of the final product. Examples include but are not limited to used Rum, Cognac, Port, Sherry, Madeira, Stout, and maple barrels.

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.