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New Riff Backsetter Peated Backset Rye
Rye — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
May 17, 2020 (edited June 18, 2020)
Nose - Spicy as hell rye with this vegetable funky note. I jokingly have said there's a note of swamp ass and I'm not backing down on that. Still mint and steamed vegetables and wet oak are here.
taste - A complex as hell whisky to real extremes. That said a disjointed whisky is complex, but it's not good. This is somewhere between a disjointed mess and actually good. You get all these rye notes of mint and spearmint, and just this rye spice sweetness that I get so often. There's a hint of christmas.
Still this comes off young and spirited and youthful. It's funky and weird and odd.
2.0 it's actually pretty interesting and it's so complex I have to score it that high.
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@PBMichiganWolverine adds a longer more complex finish. the nose is way worse. I like that they are playing around, but I fear it is just a distraction from their overall young whisky offerings.
This sounds like an experiment...using backsetter method. Would be interesting to try side by side with the regular one