Redemption High Rye Bourbon

So much vanilla…just a little bit of rye spice if you’re looking for it.

Rye forward. Dill pickle . Pine. Little oak. Low proof better neat to me than over ice. Ok for its price. Drawbacks are it tasting thin, low proof, and not complex. Pros are it’s more approachable and mellow.

One of the better local store picks I found last year was a Redemption high rye bourbon, and I bought this bottle specifically to figure out what was going on with this juice. Nose is sugar, apple, tangerine. Honey. Bottle is incredibly sweet, but it works. There’s powdered sugar, tart apple, orange. Maple syrup. Hint of something bitter, possibly cedar, but the sweeter notes win for me. Very good. Finish is cinnamon, more sugar, bit of caramel. Mint. The apple carries through, and I just realized this finish is the taste of the Dutch apple pie from Burger King. I mean that as a good thing. I can’t overstate how much this bottle punches above its weight class. Phenomenal value, phenomenal flavor. A new permanent shelf member for me.