Knob Creek Cask Strength Straight Rye (2018 Release)

Spicy, complex, very hot at barrel strength. No accurate tasting notes from memory. I found by the end of the bottle it chilled out or I got used to it and it was one of my top 10 whiskeys for sure.

On the nose I get rye spice, vanilla, some barrell along with some dark fruit. The palate I get rye spice with vanilla and some leather. The finish is decent but I do get a noticeable lingering ethanol note. All in all, very nice.

Possibly my favorite rye ever. Paul’s collection, Toledo, 2019.

Nose is orange peel, earthy rye bread, peanut brittle, caramel, and mild sugar cookie and baking spices. In the palate there is sour apple, cinnamon, rye spice, pepper, vanilla, and cayenne. Finish has brown raisins, brown sugar, mint, and draws out into a long spice-heavy finish with menthol, nutmeg, and eucalyptus. It rounds out chewy, mouthcoating, and enduring with a double wallop of rye and proof heat that is as flavorful as soul warming.