Knob Creek Single Barrel Select Rye

I’ve been slowly going through this bottle over the last 3 months and have been enjoying the heck out of it. Leuken’s store pick barrel #5948. If I recall I picked it up for $40 so to me it was a no-brainer. These knob Creek store picks are a bargain when available. Taste is a wonderful rye spice on the tongue that lingers just long enough to make it feel like you just consumed a cinnamon altoid. Nice spicy burn in a way that only a good rye can manage to do. The 115 proof is masked very well by the spice, certainly doesn’t feel like 115 proof. I’ve been moving away from the straight ryes and been employing them in manhattans and old fashioned’s except for this bottle which I keep to remind me how a good rye should taste when alone. I’ll certainly be milking this one as long as I can. 9/7/19

Damn good! From Paul’s collection in Toledo, 2019.

Barrel 6403 Gordon's Private Barrel Selection Color is ruddy copper. Nose is like Sunday brunch, with cinnamon and brown sugar, maple syrup on waffles, a soft vanilla like condensed milk, and a gentle rye spice in the background with something like bubblegum. Lots of heat on the palate, rye spice comes to the forefront, accompanied by more baking spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger), and charred oak. Less sweetness on the palate, but hints of vanilla, caramel and cherry cola. Full bodied but somewhat dry mouthfeel. Long, hot, dry finish with lots of charred oak. More baking spices and a light sweetness like a drizzle of honey on toasted rye bread. This is an amazing rye, and top notch barrel pick.

Tastes like summer angst

a sleeper surprise for me at our 2019 whiskey fest. great balance of rye, sweetness & proof. very impressive.

Nose: Cinnamon Taste: Barrel spice, black pepper, and some vegetal notes. lingering tingling finish.