• Nose: 22 Palate: 22 Finish: 22 Balance: 21 Total: 87
  • Nose: Rye spice, fresh cut flowers, and plums
  • Palate: Rye spice and dried fruit
  • Finish: Medium - delicate rye notes
  • Type: Rye
  • Age: 4
  • ABV: 58.4%
  • Distiller: Smooth Ambler (MGP)
  • Where made: Maxwelton, WV & Lawrenceburg, IN USA
  • Region: USA
  • Approximate Price: $53
  • Value: BEST

I tasted this barrel-proof single-barrel rye at First Fill Spirits (Saratoga Springs, NY). The whiskey was distilled by MGP in Indiana and bottled by Smooth Ambler in West Virginia. It uses the standard MGP mash bill of 95% rye / 5 % malted barley.