Dancing Goat Limousin Rye Single Barrel Select

We’ve got a single barrel store pick of a 6 yr old MGP 95/5 rye here with a limousin oak finoshing process coming in at 110 ish proof. I love MGP rye and at the sale price of 30 bucks i thought this was quite a bargain. And this isnt bad, i enjoy it. Its got most of the usual mgp rye traits that i love, spicy and herbal. But there is an additon of a licorice flavor, and a little bit of drying oak and bitterness at the end. It doesnt seem particularly sweet, there is not much vanilla or butterscotch. Its not really bright and vibrant, or dark and rich. Its kind of flat. Compared to all the other MGP rye’s ive tried at this point, this is my least favorite. It seems to me that whatever the limousin oak process is doing is making it worse for my tastes.

My friend got the r/bourbon cherry bitters finish version and gave me a sample.... DAMN PALLETTE WRECKER!!! Cherry cough syrup times 10. But also hardcore baking spices. It's not bad, its not great, but it's different!!! This is definitely original and should be tried once.

Nose of toasted wood and light rye bread and bit of citrus maybe Palate of spice and char with a bit of black liquorish ending Finish is medium spicy rye

Weird bread dough aftertaste. Not bad, but not good either....

Just like Kool-Aid!

Project Mayhem pick through Gibsonville ABC - "Goatbaaaack Mountain" Batch No. 6718 Aged 6 years in new charred oak with French oak staves Finished 1-2 years in Limousin Oak 55.89% abv; 111.78 proof Open 3.5 months Nose - Heavily toasted rye bread, red hot cinnamon, clove, white pepper, menthol, bright oak, and medium ethanol. Palate - The most gingery ginger snap cookie you can buy, leather, wood oil, cocoa, Chai tea with orange spice, black pepper, light caramel, and medicinal cherry. Finish is long and very oily with dry oak pulp, orange peel, clove, gingerbread, Red Hots, and medium ethanol. This pick by some friends in NCWH is an excellent example of not only great value in cask strength rye by a craft distiller, but also shows what you can do with finished rye outside of the typical double oaked or wine finish. I could not put my finger on this flavor profile until my brother tried it. He's into wine and has lived in multiple Europeans countries. The first thing he said is this tastes like nice, old cognac. That's exactly what it tastes like. An American rye version of cognac. The French oak staves and Limousin oak provide flavors you won't typically find in a double oaked rye. Considering the age, finishing, and proof, $55 is an incredible value coming from a small distiller in Wisconsin.

Part of a Dancing Goat Distillery virtual tasting, received 2 oz free sample 102.4 proof Nose - Figs, raisins, black tea, spiced Christmas cake, pralines, gingerbread, black pepper, light oak, and light ethanol. Palate - Oily, ginger snap cookies, sweet oak, chocolate oranges, nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon. Finish is medium-long and is very oily with notes of pumpkin rye bread, cocoa, coffee, nutmeg, lower than expected tannins, and light ethanol. I don't exactly know what barrels were used for aging or finishing, but it has some flavors that remind me of a port or sherry finished whiskey. I really like it, especially at this proof and price point.