George Dickel Rye

Spicy, not deep but very satisfying. Clove, vanilla.

Rye whiskey night at drake’s. Some black licorice, ok

Great for the money. It’s the MGP playbook, pine, spice, herbal, but smoothed out and quaffable. A good dram, made for everyday two finger pours and good cocktails

After the Tabasco fiasco this is my least favorite Dickel. I don’t even think they distill it anyway, probably just filter and bottle an MGP product like most American ryes. The difference here is the value is insane. Fancy blends like whistle pig and other sneaky gimmicks like Bulleit or whomever would charge two or three times what Ol Georgey here does. Although that’s kind of what you’re forced into when you have the most unsexy brand name in whiskey. That’s not a complaint. I’m glad for it for two reasons. One: I value value. Two: I love making jokes like “Rosie McDonnell Seems like the type of gal what wears underwear’s with Dickels in ‘em.” In my mind just now I mic’ dropped and with a smug grin spun with a flourish and swaggered off into the night with sweet Lincoln-l Cpunty processed whiskey glistening in my mustache.

Spicy, pretty smooth considering price point. Great for budget whiskey.

*Neck Pour/New Bottle The smell is spearmint and maybe raspberries. Light and crisp. 17/20 First sip, peppery. Rich texture. Something like the taste of opening a pantry, herbs, spices, flour, bread. 26/30 Further tastes bring more flavors, but more of what I’ve been getting, not adding new tastes. The finish is dry, and almost like hops, I can see this opening up and being either really interesting in a good way, or in a not pleasant way, but for now I like it. 21/25 The experience is nice, packaging is classic and well done, synthetic cork is the best of both worlds in my opinion, price is fantastic. 20/20 I hold 5 points for entirely subjective assignment, I’m giving 2/5 here, for a total score of: 86/100