Rittenhouse Rye Bottled in Bond

An excellent bang for your buck rye. Rich caramelized oaky rye with a bite. Not overpowering but it won’t be forgotten. Somewhat similar to what I’d expect a further aged Sazerac would taste like, less fruity sweetness, more concentrated caramelization and spice. I can see it mixing well. A great deal at $47 in Ontario.

Rittenhouse Rye Astounding value. Nose is sweet cherry jollyrancher (corn syrup and cherry) with hints of ripe melon. Palate is shockingly rich and oily ad then a burst of rye and malt over charred wood, toasty and spicy like mesquite half-way to ignition for smoking some BBQ. Subtle glutamic tang with hints of allspice really complete the imagery of BBQ. Finish lingers on the back of the mid-palate, with a warmed over maple syrup flavor and sweetness, along with the flavor and bitterness of chewing on honeysuckle flowers. Second taste: I smell lots of malt. That malted sweetness. There's a chalky nose as well and an intoxicating raw dough character from the rye. Taste is like crunching into a grain of malted rye. There's that biscuity cookie dough thing, just enough sulfur to suggest the eggs in the cookie dough, toasted flavors like the malt and dough, and a bitter polyphenol kind of bitterness that reminds me like the bitter baking chocolate (may that's the dirt??). The finish is the lingering of that cocoa and the darkened bottom of a cookie fresh off a butter-greased baking sheet.

Nice Rye! N: rye, of course, peanut brittle covered in maple syrup, slight hint of burnt sugar P: oily and medium full body. sweet honey and oak to start it off, then moves on to fruit sweetness, burnt sugar, and some dried orange peel. Very chewy. F: short finish. Starts with a burst of marshmallow when swallowing, then sweetness and toasted oak appears and quickly disappears. In any sense, a nice rye to have, whether for beginner or rye lovers.