Templeton Rye 4 Year

Simple and effective. Slowly got sweeter and spicier as i sipped

Spicy on the nose with a quick bite of piney wood and cinnamon with delicate brown sugar. Subtle fonish with ligering spice notes and licorice.

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.