Wild Turkey Kentucky Rye Whiskey 70 cl, 40.5% ABV - Cocktail Whiskey

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That high corn content lends the whiskey some trademark bourbon characteristics, aged for two years and charcoal filtered for smoothness. A blend of our finest selection of 6-, 8-, and 12-year bourbon, no water is added before bottling, for a curated sipping experience like drinking straight from the cask.

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NID cookie, set by Google, is used for advertising purposes; to limit the number of times the user sees an ad, to mute unwanted ads, and to measure the effectiveness of ads. Oddly, it doesn’t exactly present like most of the other, comparable MGP ryes that are heavy on that famous “dill pickle” note—rather, it’s more rich and redolent in brown sugar, while also being citrus forward.The nose is in vegetal style of Irish whiskies, with some astringent aroma, in the mouth you could feel only some lightly hazelnutty oak. Particularly well known for its bourbon (which contains a fairly high amount of rye in its mash bill), Bulleit frontier whiskey’s rye expression is a relatively new addition to the brand’s portfolio. It's unconfirmed, but rumor is what separates Russell's Reserve single barrel bottles from, say, Kentucky Spirit single barrel bottles, is the former barrels are selected by the Russells themselves. On the palate, Stellum Rye leads off with big notes of warm caramel/honey and red fruit (strawberry), but then quickly transitions into a drier dimension that combines malty, toasty notes, some chocolate (milk chocolate) and lots of herbal and spicy notes. Again, the promise of the nose was left unfulfilled in the mouth, as this performed an inexplicable disappearing act right in the middle of what should have been the main event.

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A thin and watery body mix with a lax feel to create a less-than-exuberant, but far from unpleasant, experience.The bold spirit of Wild Turkey is faithfully represented in every drop of this authentic barrel proof whiskey—the original “small batch” barrel proof bourbon. But Wild Turkey whiskeys also have a tendency to bite back at the drinker, a trait that's gone by many names. For whatever reason, the hype train skipped Master's Keep and continues to feast on allocated bottles like Blanton's, Weller 12-Year, Four Roses Limited Edition, Michter's single barrel releases and so on. In its earlier days, the company was built entirely off sourced whiskey across its entire product lineup. On the palate, Rittenhouse is a bit unlike other Kentucky-style ryes in the sense that it seems significantly more rye forward than some of them, being less defined by corny sweetness and more purely rye spicy.

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Maybe check out my (literally) hundreds of other reviews on this site – the vast majority of which are American whiskey – before you render judgment about the sophistication of my palate, and whether or not I ought to be reviewing this or that kind of whiskey.

Wondering why no rye whiskey was produced in Finland – considering the nation consumes six times more rye than the global average – the distillery was set up by a group of friends intent on crafting the first Finnish single batch rye whiskey.

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Handy Rye, as well as the Van Winkle Family Reserve Rye—it’s simply presented at a lower proof point and with no age statement, although it’s reputed to be between 4-6 years old.

With its distillery on the banks of the Patapsco River in Maryland, Sagamore Spirits is committed to celebrating the history of Maryland’s great distillers, hoping to inspire a global passion for their rye whiskey.