High West Double Rye

This is a blend of two ryes, hence the name. The first is two years old from MGP with a 95% Rye/5% barley mashbill. The other is a 16 yr old from Barton with a 53/37/10 Rye/corn/barley mashbill. No idea what the proportion is. The whiskey is a nice gold color in the glass with plentiful, quick developing legs, and is bottled at 46% ABV. The nose is rye and cinnamon spice, minty eucalyptus, and a light caramel tone. It’s very light in the mouth, almost watery, with a light, clean mouth feel. It has a minty, spicy, dry, taste with some light corn sweetness. Quite different from most ryes that I’ve had, but very nice. Very easy sipping. The finish is fairly short, but warm and rich with more cinnamon spice and some oak. This is a very easy drinking rye with a lot of spice. The tag on the bottle claims it’s “the spiciest rye on the planet”. I don’t know about that, but it is definitely one of the spicier ryes I’ve had and that makes it a winner in my book. $35 locally, $25 online. 4.0/5. Cheers!

goes down real smooth. a little sweet. lots of spices. my favorite rye.

Very unique. I enjoyed it a lot but not sure why. feels mellower than usual rye. sweeter maybe.