BeppeCovfefe
Reviewed
September 27, 2020 (edited June 27, 2021)
A decent offering from High West. It's interesting so many have an opinion on this yet so few could be troubled to write a note about it. I'm sampling Batch 18B22 which I hope means NOT the year. The bottle is open well below the neck (shoulders I guess) so the bitter geebies, if any, have had time to air out. The nose is feint but offers pleasant sweet dill and sugar spice.
Straight into the mouth we get a moderate offering of nice sweet spices quickly turning to some mild bitter nibs and coco, the corn blend I would say is just notable at the front and that's a good thing, otherwise we would have yet another 95/5 MGP product relabeled for the market. The profile does remain somewhat simplistic. This has just a bit of that nice richness found in the high corn ryes, and blend or the age produces a good smooth back side, the finish is burn free and clean. This really seems like one of the better ideas High West has come up with. If you want a somewhat straight rye experience with just a minor feel of the rich character ryes well you could do far worse. Prognosis. The proof and markup seem to be just at the point where I wouldn't mind keeping this in the bar though I certainly wouldnt kick out a favorite rye to make room for it. Better than some High West offerings though that's just not saying that much. Cheers!