Hard Truth High Road Rye

Starts sweet. Like a sweet bourbon. Then the spice kicks in. A little tart on the finish. I love it. Others seem to find the finish too tart. My opinion, if you like bourbon and you like IPA’s youll like this.

Sweet start with a spicy finish but goes doen smooth.

I got this bottle at Kelly Liquors in the Mountain Run shopping center, where it cost me $45.99. The mash bill is 55% rye (which makes it almost a barely legal rye), 36% corn, and 9% sprouted barley. This whisky is 93 proof, according to the label it's "over" three years old, and in the glass the color is mahogany. 𝗡𝗢𝗦𝗘: Honey butter, with a generic floral note, and something vegetal which made me think of mullein. 𝗠𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗟: Creamy. 𝗧𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘: On the palate I immediately got honey with brown sugar and red pepper. There were oak and smoke underneath that, and then stronger notes of cinnamon and dark chocolate appeared. 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗛: This is, alas, short, but delicious. It gives notes of red pepper, black pepper, and dark chocolate. 𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗬: This is excellent whisky. I could wish for a longer finish - this one fades out too quickly - but it tastes so good, as does the whisky overall, that I won't complain. This is a different mash bill from the Sweet Mash Rye (that's 96/4), and it tastes different; moreover the lower proof results in a different experience. I can't decide which I like more, though the higher proof might tip me toward the Sweet Mash. But this is, as I say, excellent, and I'll definitely buy it again. 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚: On my hick scale (8 levels, with 8 as the highest) this comes in at 7, Right Fine. That's the same as 4.375 stars, 87.5/100, or 8.75/10.

Light confectionery type of Aroma and the flavor is not very deep but it is easy smooth and follows that aroma so overall good beginner sipper.

Decent Flavor