PBMichiganWolverine
New York Distilling Co. Straight Rye Finished in Apple Brandy Cask 2020 Single Cask #3 (Lost Lantern)
Rye — New York, USA
Reviewed
February 16, 2021 (edited October 9, 2021)
Since I just got my COVID-19 vaccine jab#1, I wanted to appropriately celebrate the possibility of finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel—-I’m hoping at this point next year, we’ll all be back to normal ( maybe still once every year or two regular COVID jabs, like the flu vaccine).
I chose this pour, graciously given to me by @jonwilkinson7309. Lost Lantern is a New England brand that bottles whiskey from those distilleries that aren’t as well known. Considering I got a Moderna vaccine, a pharma that’s just not well known (prior to this at least) like Pfizer, J&J, Merck, Sanofi, etc, I thought a pour from Lost Lantern would be appropriate.
This is finished in apple brandy, but I’m not getting to much of the fall apple aroma. Seems to be a light touch. Instead aromas of baked goods are more upfront. The taste is mild on the rye, not in-your-face style like a Michters or Barrell. It’s subtle. I wouldn’t recommend this in a cocktail—-it’ll get overpowered. But the nuanced rye and baked bread flavor is nice on its own, neat without ice or water. Finally...at the finish, I get green apples! I’ve had apple brandy finishes before, but you always get the apples on the nose or taste, not on the finish. Leaves you with a feeling of biting into a Granny Smith .
Well done...and unique.
Thanks Jon for the pour!
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Good job on the jab 😀
@Soba45 normally I’d probably have to wait till thE general population gets called. Right now, it’s only front line health workers and high risk. But—-I’m minding my own business at CVS, buying toothpaste, and the technician comes out saying she has 5 shots left, from individuals that made appointments but didn’t show up. Instead of wasting the shots, she called ours for volunteers. Better it gets used than wasted.
Ah nice work on vaccine. We are just starting to roll out shortly. Border workers and others first i think. I'd say I'll be few to several months away not being in high risk group
@jonwilkinson7309 hopefully just a few more months—-we’ll all get jabbed, esp with J&J’s soon coming online
What, no friends and family courtesy of J&J?? Glad you're on your way - Hopefully we'll all be there soon. I agree with you on this one - a nice rye with the flavors I like in a rye, without the ones I don't care for. But I was hoping for something more interesting from the barrel finish.
@PBMichiganWolverine Right. But if you think about the corporate personal who live in the metro area potentially getting vaccinated with locally available Moderna is somewhat ironic.
@Scott_E that NYC HQ on 2nd and 42nd is more their corporate; I think their manufacturing is most likely India. Strange how the distribution is working. Seems like Moderna is the prevalent one.
You would have thought with Pfizer HQ in NYC and you nearby, you would have had received that vaccine. Go figure? You should have chased it down with a Sam Adams.