The Ragged Branch Distillery located in Charlottesville, Virginia, is a farm-to-bottle distillery with a 500 gallon Vendome still. This means they grow all of their grain on their farm. Dave Pickerell was instrumental in setting up the distillery and d…
Ragged Branch Distillery is located near Charlottesville, VA. As a “farm-to-bottle distillery” they grow all their own grain, on land they either own or lease. Their initial whiskeys were bourbons. However, back in 2015 they had an excess of rye and were deciding what to do with it. Master Distiller Dave Pickerell stated what would seem like the clear choice: they should make a rye whiskey! He formulated a mash bill that is a bit unique, being 83% rye and 17% malted barley. So I was interested in finding out what this somewhat unconventional Ragged Branch Virginia Straight Rye Whiskey was like!
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