Copper Fox Original Rye Whiskey
Rye
Copper Fox // Virginia , USA
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Cost
Copper Fox Original Rye Whiskey centers around using new and used apple wood and oak chips to flavor the house-made malt during drying as well as when the whiskey is aging in the used bourbon barrels. The mash bill itself is 2/3rd parts rye and 1/3rd malted barley with all grains sourced from Virginia.
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ageNAS
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abv45.0
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RyeMash bill at least 51% rye; aged in new, charred oak barrels.
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Cask Typeex-bourbon + new & used apple wood and oak chips
Tasting Notes
"This young firecracker of a rye starts out with a note of raw sawdust, indicating relatively short aging time, and apple smoke. The youth makes itself even more apparent in the palate, with raw wood and hot alcoholic notes. Instead of apple, the cherry makes itself known on the mid-palate, along with the malty sweetness. The biscuity malt fades to the back on the finish, but leaves a bit of an unpleasant bitterness at the very end. Copper Fox Original Rye Whiskey has good bones to it, but needs more time in the barrel."
Reviewed by
Matthew Sheinberg