Redemption High Rye Bourbon

Good bourbon for the price. It's got good flavor, but too much burn for drinking straight. Great as a mixer though.

Spicy delicious

Very disappointed with this one since I like their Rye a lot. Very little spice for a high Rye mashbill. I found it boring and very plain. Finnish is almost nonexistent. Will be using this for a mixed only.

Found this at a good price (21$$) so elected to get the bottle(proof=92, batch 119) as a high rye bourbon this falls in line with my recent samplings of hi corn ryes, hi rye-corn etc. Totally by accident of course(wink wink). Ryan's front page notes seem pretty spot on, yes the "cinnamon, anise, clove" rye influence opens up quickly and the late subtle "undertones of fennel, dill and mint" eventually arrive. The complexity and variety for a "youngin" is fairly impressive, and the base bourbon stays put to the back ground so to speak. Not completely unlike the Old Forester Rye also found at a noteworthy price point as well, there are some interesting rye-corn-malt notes at play in Redemption High Rye that I think totally redeems it in the face of other, pricier, "genteel" ryes and bourbon-rye treatments. Yes it's Indiana "heartland" rye whiskey and no that should not automatically scare you away. The fat cork cap bottle is also a nice touch that I always enjoy pouring from, and neat, w/ water or drafted into a OF, Manhattan, Derby or Sidecar look for this bottle at a good price and you won't have gone wrong. Cheers!