Rossville Union Barrel Proof Straight Rye

Crisp and Light but rich.

Smell: typical rye /vanilla Taste: starts soft... gets sharp in the middle... then lingering finish More complex than the 94 proof

Rye forward

Love the heat in this rye. Surprisingly smooth for a barrel strength. Caramel upfront and some late licorice and vanilla. Back of tongue gets molasses/burnt caramel flavors. Big fan!

So MGP as best I understand is putting out their own juice, about time! Nose - There's a green note, I'm not sure how to explain it. Often I get dill with rye but I'm getting the normal opening notes but it doesn't turn to dill. The sweet notes are pretty simple, not a cane sugar, a touch of caramel, it's clean and neat. There's a warmth of the spice but very little if any oak. Taste - Oh it's powerful. You get that rye flavor, then you get light gentle oak, vanilla, then back to spicy rye. This is rye through and through. There's a nice caramel coming in as well. It's weird, these notes outside of the spice are very much bourbon, but this is through and through rye. A bit younger than I'd like and I forget the price. I'd buy this for sure. It's a quintessential example of a barrel proof rye. As I've said before, I'm not a rye guy but this is a sold 3.0 and I might be underrating it. I just wish it was a few years older with some more oak notes, but that's I think more me.