Catoctin Creek Roundstone Rye Distiller's Edition 92 Proof

Tasting at VA ABC store. Plastic taster, neat. After the regular Roundstone Rye, this shows much more depth, more nuance, with vanilla, and herbs cutting through the straight rye bite. Much better than the base. 6/21/19

nice smooth rye whiskey. 92 proof was better

YES PLEASE GIMME THAT ROUNDSTONE

Taste: Neat in glen cairn glass, then 3 drops of water. Nose (2.5): Very sweet and doughy. Almost medicinal and pungent. Very yeasty and fruity. Nose kind of turned me off. Palate: (3.25) Bready and sweet with some rye and a hint of marshmallow. Some candycorn is on the back end. Better than the nose, but not my favorite rye whiskey. Finish (2.0): Some spice comes through but that sweetness from the nose overwhelms the finish. The fruity yeast is overwhelming. Reminds me of a pizza kitchen. Overall: I was disappointed overall. Too sweet, almost medicinally so on the nose. The taste improved a bit but still too yeasty.