Tastes

Rosemary, vanilla, baking pice, some licorice on the palate with this light charred oak and tannin. Nose is more oak forward. Not worth the ♻️ but damn good!

It's youth shows, but only a little. The cinnamon toast grain is heavy in the nose and soft on the pallete combined with rich vanilla and light oak. Turns to a light cinnamon red hot in the finish.

IDK why but to me on the nose, i get an intense vanilla and chocolate pot de creme aroma. Like you can smell a rich sweetness. Then its super mellow rye spice with no spikes. Was hoping for some sweetness, but still an amazing offering. Hunting for my second bottle!

Dominant herbal, floral quality in the nose, but more flavor is found upon tasting. You get those notes with the addition of caramel apple with a light honey sweetness flowing into the finish. The oak takes a back seat revealing itself as a light dryness. Better than than the normal black label IMO.

Just did a 4 way RYE blind with Sagamore 8, Pikesville, E.H. Taylor and this bottle. It didnt win like I expected it to (came in third) but still damn good! Oily and mouth coating with a long finish. Nothing normal for a rye nose IMO: spiced apple and chamomile. The flavor was herbal & floral, a real bouquet, also light rye spice and earthiness. An experience for sure, but I like a touch more fruit and sweet notes.

Nose: light rye spice, fruit, vanilla and brightness Palette: lingering spikes throughout, some baking spice, OAK presence and a short finish. Hopefully their own distillate becomes better with age or they distill and blend better batches.

Herbal yet sweet nose, light fruitiness. Screams Penna Rye. Soft sweetness, herbaceous and I get some California raisin vinous flavor. Long dark fruit and rye finish. Better than Overholt for sure, a wonderful reclaiming of the PA brand. For a minimum of 2 years and 80 proof, this is great.

This is batch no: 223 Nose of maple with sweet spices & oak. Palate drinks the same but with the addition of rich dark fruit, think blackberry syrup, lovely stuff!

Neat, i thought it was a very basic rye; a little underwhelming. I just attributed this as "neck pour". Sampled again later with 2 drops of water and it came to life. Cinnamon, sweet spices with a little citrus dominate the nose and it comes through on the palate. Not New Riff Malted good, but this just replaced the disappointing 4yr Willet though as my favorite go-to rye.