Templeton Rye 4 Year

A bit light. Izaak recommended it. Nit gery complex or interesting but smooth on the palate.

Watery, bland. Easy drinking. Use as mixer.

Lime popsicle, sweettart candies, vanilla ice cream; lime sherbert, very sweet, medicinal notes, thin mouthfeel, some ethanol, virtually no finish. This is an old bottling I got for a hefty discount. I read somewhere that there may have been additives to this which is why it isn’t labeled as a straight rye. Ot certainly seems like it. It almost tastes to me like it has been blended with a neutral grain spirirt and maybe even some sugar. My evidence is 1) Its very, very light on the mouth. 2) I used this for a cocktail once and it actually seemed to amplify an ethanol note, almost as if neutral spirit was added 3) it is almost artificially sweet That said, there are a lot more unpleasant whiskey i have drank and it goes down sweet, smooth and easy. I won’t be rellacing this bottle but it is an interesting end of the MGP rye spectrum.

Sweet wood, alcoholic. W/water; mellow, rye bread, yeast >wood, needs some life & frt. Pal; full, big middle, spicy finish. Yes red hots

Very smooth, sweet finish.

Nose: cherry, vanilla, nail polisher Palate: soft and creamy upfront, vanilla sweet midpalate, more on the spicy side through the late palate Finish: dry, bit savory, sweet, oaky