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Western Reserve Distillers

Western Reserve Distillers
Caribbean Cask Finished Straight Rye Whiskey

Category: Cask-Finished Straight Rye Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 47%
Gluten-Free Organic
88 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$65

Western Reserve Distillers
Caribbean Cask Finished Straight Rye Whiskey

Category: Cask-Finished Straight Rye Whiskey

Date Tasted:
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

Spirits Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: shoe polish, spearmint, irish soda bread with wild flower honey, meyer lemon, and herbs de provence
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with nuances of earl grey tea with mint, cracked black pepper, xanthan gum, blonde tobacco, and orange blossom honey
Smoothness Smoothness: Silky
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, neat, on the rocks, with cigars and with drops of water
Cocktail Cocktails: Sazerac, Old Fashioned, Manhattan
Bottom Line 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

The Producer
14221 Madison Ave
Lakewood, OH 44107
USA
1 -330-780-9599

Cask-Finished Straight Rye Whiskey

Spirits Glass Glencairn Canadian Amber.jpg
Serve in a Glencairn Ganadian Whisky Glass
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.

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