Sazerac Rye

Spicy. Hot. Sweet. Coating. Wow. If you like Rye, you must try this. It is a bit rough, but it is full of flavour and spicy goodness. I do not know the mashbill, but it is fresh and young, but also wrapped in corn sweetness. Such a good balance of spice, sweet, and a dry grassy finish (4.5 stars)

Enjoying this with a nice cigar from Honduras on my balcony, it's about 30 degrees celsius at 10 PM. I'm really enjoying this, the setting might influence my experience. Very spicy and fruity, soft and sweet on the palate with a herbal finish. Great pour!

Vanilla, grain, and spice on the nose. Burned sugar then grassy spice, baking spice, heat, with a little fruit sweetness in the mouth. Finish is grassy rye and mint. Medium body, great mixer for classic cocktails. Six years in oak adds to its complexity which emerges with a little ice/water. Retasted Oct 2020: lighter body and less heat than I remembered, more apple flavor, but otherwise the same profile--a solid spicy rye. Was a great mixer when it was cheaper and more readily available in the 1990s-2000s. Now, harder to come by...but still makes a good Sazerac or Manhattan.