Old Forester Rye

Strong cinnamon and baking spice notes with the sturdy oak backdrop of Old Forester and a slight leathery note. Decently spicy with a sweet maple brown sugar finish.

Hard reject for me. The dominant note was intense nail polish remover / acetone, so strong it felt almost toxic. Neat, with water, and with ice, the solvent character stayed dominant and repulsive. Any rye spice or sweetness was completely buried. For my palate, this was chemical, harsh, and undrinkable.

Nose: a bit nail polish remover, Arizona green tea, caramel Taste: sweet, toffee, little bit of a ricola cough drop but in a good way, same cold green tea note as the nose Finish: not long but has a birch beer or cream soda note thats nice Trust me, add a small dash if water and this opens up into something more sweet and sipable

Hard to pick anything on the nose, maybe some oak. Real heat on the first sip, slight minty aftertaste. Defintely some herbal taste too, kind of medicinal. Some spice at first, heat lingers, but not a lot of mouthfeel.

Not my favorite rye would rather have baby saz rye but a good value pour