The collapse of Washington’s Skagit Valley Malting last month left distillers and brewers alike searching for new suppliers of malted barley. The craft maltster had… Read More
The collapse of Washington’s Skagit Valley Malting last month left distillers and brewers alike searching for new suppliers of malted barley. The craft maltster had more than 270 customers when it closed unexpectedly, including Seattle’s Westland and Copperworks distilleries. We’ll talk with Copperworks co-founders Jason Perkins and Jeff Kanof this week on WhiskyCast In-Depth, along with Kate Bernot, who’s been covering the story for Good Beer Hunting. In the news, the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame gets eight new inductees, while Woodford Reserve is teaming up with Kentucky farmers to develop the state as a rye-producing region. We’ll have all the week’s whisky news, tasting notes for whiskies from the U.S., Japan, and India, and much more on this week’s WhiskyCast.
Since merging with MGP, Lux Row Distillers has introduced 3 new rye whiskeys: Old Ezra 7 Year Rye, Rebel 100 Rye, and most recently, Ezra Brooks 99 Rye. The Rebel 100 Rye is a 2 year old rye using a low rye mash bill and selling for under $20. So what’…
Since merging with MGP, Lux Row Distillers has introduced 3 new rye whiskeys: Old Ezra 7 Year Rye, Rebel 100 Rye, and most recently, Ezra Brooks 99 Rye. The Rebel 100 Rye is a 2 year old rye using a low rye mash bill and selling for under $20. So what's it like? Read our review to find out!
The Decade Series II Straight Rye Whiskey has a mash bill of 95% rye and 5% malted barley, delivering bold and spicy flavors, balanced by delicate notes of vanilla and caramel from the barrel.
Heaven's Door, the award-winning collection of American whiskeys founded by Bob Dylan, unveiled the latest addition to its Decade Series with a Straight Rye Whiskey aged for 10 years. Building on the success of the inaugural 10-year-old straight bourbon release, which received Double Gold at the prestigious 2023 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Decade Series II was recently awarded 93 Points at the 2023 Ultimate Spirits Challenge, further demonstrating Heaven's Door's commitment to exceptional small batch whiskeys.
Each expression of The Decade Series Each features a 10-year aged whiskey that celebrates the importance that time plays in bringing out the best of what is in the barrel. The decade-long process of maturation yields a highly nuanced and remarkably smooth whiskey, delivering a rounded finish and depth of flavor. The Decade Series II Straight Rye Whiskey has a mash bill of 95% rye and 5% malted barley, delivering bold and spicy flavors, balanced by delicate notes of vanilla and caramel from the barrel.
Alex Moore, Master Blender at Heaven's Door Spirits, commented, "Our Decade Series Straight Rye Whiskey is a testament to our unwavering commitment to the art of craft whiskey. We worked with dozens of carefully selected 10-year-aged whiskeys to arrive at a blend that is rich, full-bodied and has a distinctive flavor profile. With a deep amber hue from over a decade in the barrel, Decade Series II delivers a complex tasting experience with an array of flavors, culminating in a long and lingering finish. We’re thrilled with this exceptional straight rye as our second release in our Decade Series collection."
The limited release, Heaven's Door Decade Series Straight Rye Whiskey, is priced at $99.99 and is available for purchase at HeavensDoor.com and select retailers nationwide.
First there was Ezra Brooks 99 Bourbon. Now, there is Ezra Brooks 99 Rye. So how is this new, reasonably priced rye from Lux Row Distillers? Read on to find out!
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First there was Ezra Brooks 99 Bourbon. Now, there is Ezra Brooks 99 Rye. So how is this new, reasonably priced rye from Lux Row Distillers? Read on to find out!
Scotland-based distillery InchDairnie has released RyeLaw – purported to be the only Scottish malted rye whisky currently available on the market. InchDairnie RyeLaw was double distilled in pot stills in 2017, matured in charred new oak casks, made with locally grown 53% malted rye and 47% malted barley and was bottled at 46.3% alcohol by […]
Scotland-based distillery InchDairnie has released RyeLaw – purported to be the only Scottish malted rye whisky currently available on the market.
InchDairnie RyeLaw was double distilled in pot stills in 2017, matured in charred new oak casks, made with locally grown 53% malted rye and 47% malted barley and was bottled at 46.3% alcohol by volume [92.6 proof].
Only 200 casks of InchDairnie RyeLaw are being made available worldwide with a single bottle of InchDairnie RyeLaw being made available for $135 per bottle.
Wyoming Whiskey marked its 10th anniversary last December, and this April, Edrington took majority ownership of the Cowboy State’s first distillery. That ended the run… Read More
Wyoming Whiskey marked its 10th anniversary last December, and this April, Edrington took majority ownership of the Cowboy State’s first distillery. That ended the run of David DeFazio as Wyoming Whiskey’s president, but he remains the brand’s global ambassador and a part-owner of the distillery. We’ll talk with him about the changes since then, along with what the future holds, both for him and the brand. We’ll also catch up with Wyoming Whiskey’s first master distiller, Bourbon Hall of Famer Steve Nally and master blender Nancy Fraley on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth, too. In the news, the drinks industry is mourning the death of Diageo CEO Sir Ivan Menezes this week, while Brown-Forman has won a trademark lawsuit challenge at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Wyoming Whiskey marked its 10th anniversary last December, and this April, Edrington took majority ownership of the Cowboy State’s first distillery. That ended the run… Read More
Wyoming Whiskey marked its 10th anniversary last December, and this April, Edrington took majority ownership of the Cowboy State’s first distillery. That ended the run of David DeFazio as Wyoming Whiskey’s president, but he remains the brand’s global ambassador and a part-owner of the distillery. We’ll talk with him about the changes since then, along with what the future holds, both for him and the brand. We’ll also catch up with Wyoming Whiskey’s first master distiller, Bourbon Hall of Famer Steve Nally and master blender Nancy Fraley on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth, too. In the news, the drinks industry is mourning the death of Diageo CEO Sir Ivan Menezes this week, while Brown-Forman has won a trademark lawsuit challenge at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Wyoming Whiskey marked its 10th anniversary last December, and this April, Edrington took majority ownership of the Cowboy State’s first distillery. That ended the run of David DeFazio as Wyoming Whiskey’s president, but he remains the brand’s global ambassador and a part-owner of the distillery. We’ll talk with him about the changes since then, along with what the future holds, both for him and the brand. We’ll also catch up with Wyoming Whiskey’s first master distiller, Bourbon Hall of Famer Steve Nally and master blender Nancy Fraley on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth, too. In the news, the drinks industry is Read More »
Wyoming Whiskey marked its 10th anniversary last December, and this April, Edrington took majority ownership of the Cowboy State’s first distillery. That ended the run of David DeFazio as Wyoming Whiskey’s president, but he remains the brand’s global ambassador and a part-owner of the distillery. We’ll talk with him about the changes since then, along with what the future holds, both for him and the brand. We’ll also catch up with Wyoming Whiskey’s first master distiller, Bourbon Hall of Famer Steve Nally and master blender Nancy Fraley on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth, too. In the news, the drinks industry is mourning the death of Diageo CEO Sir Ivan Menezes this week, while Brown-Forman has won a trademark lawsuit challenge at the U.S. Supreme Court.
So last week my wife left me…Shit that sounds bad. Let’s try this again.
Last week my wife took a trip to visit a long-time friend and help her out with a fan convention that her friend was putting on. I was left alone to pretend to be a bachelor. I had big plans of eating lots of junk food, watching a lot of movies, just really learning into the whole I don’t have to be a responsible adult thing.
And it turns out that I wasn’t. Responsible that is. Because I ended up mistaking just how long a container of leftovers had been in the fridge, giving myself what seems to be a mild case of food poisoning. It’s been fun. I felt like I was prepping for a colonoscopy at one point. Now I’m just hanging around feeling nauseated and trying hard not to do anything that will upset that. The upside is that I did get to watch a lot of movies once the pups I was watching went home. I just had to do it while laying down and with frequent pausing.
All of that is to say, this is to explain why there wasn’t a post on Tuesday and why this post will be mostly quoting from the website of tonight’s whiskey.
New Riff Distilling is pleased to introduce a new, regular extension to their award winning lineup: New Riff Straight Malted Rye Whiskey Bottled in Bond Without Chill Filtration. This style of whiskey is made of 100% malted rye grain, which is quite rare, even in today’s craft distilling scene. Malted rye is rye grain that has undergone the process of malting. When you malt a grain you alter and, arguably, improve and refine its flavor. That’s exactly what’s happened here, as the typically spicy flavor of rye becomes polished, refined, and subtle.
New Riff Malted Rye is elegant. Graceful. It presents plenty of spice but in a much more sophisticated fashion than our standard 95% rye. It actually makes more sense to us to think of it as a malted whiskey first, and a rye whiskey second. At a generous six years old, our New Riff Malted Rye Bottled in Bond Without Chill Filtration is the oldest New Riff whiskey yet released, and will remain at six years as something of an exclamation point atop our standard portfolio.
Now, if you’ve been around a while, you will know that I don’t usually like whiskey with malted rye in it. Much less one that is 100% malted rye. But I also have yet to find a New Riff whiskey that I didn’t like so I figured that if anyone was going to make a malted rye whiskey that I liked, it would be them. So I bought it. Let’s see how it tastes.
New Riff Kentucky Straight Malted Rye Whiskey
Purchase info: $60.99 for a 750 mL bottle at Viking Liquor Barrel, Prior Lake, MN
Price per Drink (50 mL): $4.07
Details: Bottled in Bond. 50% ABV. Six years old. Mash bill consists of 100% malted rye. Non-Chill Filtered.
Nose: Wintergreen, plum, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
Mouth: Thick and sweet with spicy cinnamon, wintergreen, and baked fruit.
Finish: Warm and of medium length. Notes of cedar, plum, and cinnamon.
Thoughts: Well, shit! This is damn good! If you'd handed it to me blind, I wouldn't have guessed that this was a rye until the finish when the cedar notes arrive. The mouth is thick, sweet, and rich, which isn't something I usually find in rye whiskey. Especially at less than barrel-proof. I guess my initial thought was correct when I speculated that New Riff would be the most likely to be able to put out a malted rye whiskey that I'd enjoy. And on top of that it makes a damn fine Old Fashioned. This one is certainly worth a look.
Islay-based Bruichladdich Distillery has released Islay Single Grain Scotch Whisky – the third entry in their series called The Regeneration Project. Bruichladdich The Regeneration Project Islay Single Grain Scotch Whisky is made primarily from locally grown Islay rye [in an attempt to combat the growing cost of agro-chemicals and avoid monoculture and which has never […]
Islay-based Bruichladdich Distillery has released Islay Single Grain Scotch Whisky – the third entry in their series called The Regeneration Project.
Bruichladdich The Regeneration Project Islay Single Grain Scotch Whisky is made primarily from locally grown Islay rye [in an attempt to combat the growing cost of agro-chemicals and avoid monoculture and which has never been grown commercially in Islay].
Bruichladdich The Regeneration Project Islay Single Grain Scotch Whisky is made up of 55% Islay grown rye and 45% locally grown Islay malted barley, was matured in both first-fill bourbon casks and first-fill American virgin oak casks, bottled at 50% alcohol by volume [100 proof] and is said to offer notes of black pepper, cinnamon, citrus, honey, licorice and nutmeg.
Only 1,800 bottles of Bruichladdich The Regeneration Project Single Grain Scotch Whisky is being made available for $155 per bottle at the official Bruichladdich site [www.bruichladdich.com].
