New Riff Kentucky Straight Bourbon Bottled In Bond

smooth, notes of vanilla and wood

A 4 year old high rye straight bourbon distilled Spring 2015 and bottled Spring 2019. The mashbill is 65% corn, 30% rye, and 5% malted barley. Non-chill filtered. New Riff is not available in my home State of Michigan currently, but it is in Indiana as of April. I find myself in Indiana somewhat frequently for family and such. N: Vanilla, caramel, peppermint, nutmeg, cloves, seasoned oak, cinnamon. P: Caramel, vanilla, peppermint, cinnamon, light absinthe, baked pecans. F: Hints of ginger, dark chocolate, licorice, peppermint, allspice with a nice oily coat. New Riff is a fairly new distillery in Newport Kentucky (just south of Cincinnati over the Ohio River). The high rye and relatively low age makes the rye notes very noticeable. I really enjoyed this. I definitely would purchase another bottle. Folks that done care for much spice, are probably better off leaving this alone. At $40 (although I think I may have paid $35 for it as I believe it was part of a weekly sale when I bough it), it is more expensive than most 4 year olds, but it’s definitely better than most 4 year olds as well.

Nose: ethanol. Cinnamon, woody, light vanilla Taste: Oak, ethanol, spearmint, Burn in the back of the roof of the mouth