The old Colonel Taylor distillery lay abandoned for many years before the new owners purchased it in 2014 and started breathing new life into it and renamed it Castle and Key. The distillery is adjacent to Glenn's Creek with three active spring springs that are used as a water source. Less than a mile to the west is Old Crow distillery and about 2 miles to the south is Woodford Reserve. All are on Glenn's Creek. About five miles to the north is Buffalo Trace Distillery. This is serious bourbon country. CK first started distilling about three years ago with Restoration Rye being their first whiskey release. They have released vodka and Restoration Gin and those have been marketed for a while. I don't consume vodka but friends who do have given it good reviews. I have tried their gin and prefer other brands. Their bourbon is to be a bib product so we have at least another year to wait. So how is the rye? Label says three years and the shy nose backs that up. It's thin in the glass but oddly the alcohol is muted. I love ryes for their nose but this one is disappointing. A drop of water opens it a bit but there still is only muted barrel and rye fragrances that are not well developed. The palate is of young rye, spicy and grassy. I went to run an errand and the glass set for an hour. The nose is much improved of custard, nutmeg and apple. The palate has evolved as well the grass is gone and the texture has moved toward oily. The custard is there with faint baking spices. Grassiness remains faint on the finish but it's nicely dry Not much on the finish but I have yet to be overwhelmed by a rye under 4-5 years. Future releases will likely be better with more age.