High West Rendezvous Rye

Sweet aroma, spicy, sweet notes. Longer spicy finish. Will revisit

Sweet, caramel, honey, cinnamon

Slightly less spicy and a bit sweeter than HW’s double rye, but incredibly smooth and balanced. It’s nearly double the price point so something I’d prefer to sip than mix.

Just opened up my bottle that’s from a 2017 batch. It’s got a rather boring nose, not a whole lot going on. The palate was super spicy but not very much rye flavor. The rye is definitely there but it’s not as pronounced as I was expecting. I’ve always loved their double rye so I had high hopes for this one. As of now, I think I prefer the double rye which isn’t a huge problem I guess because it’s cheaper anyway. I’ll give it a few weeks to open up and see if anything changes. By no means bad but I had higher expectations.