Pikesville Straight Rye

solid rye offering; more oak on the pallette than others; very smooth with good rye notes

Sweet, cherry and vanilla balanced rye.

Spicy quick burn up front smoothing out to a nice finish with hints of Carmel and chocolate. Not rye flavor at all, making it my favorite rye.

opening bottle.... really nice. not over rye, just enough. 2 months later.... way, way more earthy notes and less sweet notes. barrel shows up too. water helps open up more soft, sweet flavors. not bad by any means, just not RR SB Rye....

Wow the spice! Good stuff. Bought this in the basis of Jim Murray’s whiskey bible and this certainly didn’t leave me upset but at the same time I’m not overwhelmed with how great it is as Jim describes. Would certainly buy again but for no more than $40 so it looks as though I won’t be buying it again. Edit 6/10/22 Found a second bottle of this like 3 years later and it’s really damn good! I’d certainly like to keep one at all times at the home bar.