New Riff 4 Year Single Barrel Rye

Nose is vanilla, caramel, oak, rye spice is there but subtle. Taste is dry rye spice, berry sweetness, balanced heat, oak, and a bit of must. Finish is long and full of dry rye.

Barrel No. 15-6611. Spice hits hardddd up front but somehow smooth on the backend. Lingers awhile.

Aroma -Boozey honey / taste - instant rye burn. Leather, oak and honey / finish - complex and long lasting

Taste: Oak, toffee, leather, char and some pepper and roasted nuts. Finish: long oak leads to caramel, dried fruit and spice.

New Riff continues to impress. Let's see how the single barrel rye stacks up. Nose has soft banana bread notes. First sip starts much smoother than a rye has a right to be, but then comes charging forward with peppery notes. Hints of toffee and caramel linger in the finish. New Riff makes some nice bourbons, but their ryes steal the show!

Like eating pralines next to a hay stack. And some barrel spice the more you get into it.

(bbl: 15-6611]. Bright dry beechwood & sweet aroma. Nice amount & balance of minty rye-spice and barrel sugars. Not much barrel char present. I enjoy a lot of whiskies at barrel strength, but this one needs water/ice to bring out the flavors. No substantial flaws but seems to lack something IMO. I'd like to try this after 4yrs in a #4 char barrel.