• Nose: 23 Palate: 23 Finish: 23 Balance: 22 Total: 91
  • Nose: Peppery rye spice, cinnamon and honey
  • Palate: Spicy and round
  • Finish: Long, mouth coating and full
  • Type: Rye
  • Age: 16
  • ABV: 50%
  • Distiller: Anchor Distilling
  • Where made: San Francisco, CA USA
  • Region: USA
  • Approximate Price: $165
  • Value: POOR

Released in November 2016, this is a single-barrel, 100% pot-distilled single-malt rye whiskey. It is bottled at 50% ABV after aging in once-used charred American oak for 16 years. Only 200 bottles. I tasted this rye as part of an Old Potrero Whiskey Flight at Hard Water (San Francisco, CA).