Try Rye!

[brewerpaul]

Now I must try. It's time for a wee change of pace and you fellows have spiked my interest! Rye it shall be next. I do like spicy notes. Bourbon can be a little one dimensional to me. Then again I've not sampled a lot of bourbons but I'm not to big on sweet. I do like the vanilla notes in Bourbon that transfer to Scotch well. Do Rye whiskies have some of those notes? Rye sounds a little more interesting and complex from what I'm hearing. I'm looking forward to sampling it.

Each rye will be as different as each scotch can be. Depending on the adjunct grains such as malted barley, corn or eeegaaddd rice they will each take flavors or not from these other grains. Also to take into consideration is the aging, or not as in the White Dog from Buffalo Trace. Old Overholt is an inexpensive, and frankly better tasting than other 15 dollar bottles, bottle of rye that is easy to sip straight or with a cube of ice. Jim Beam and Wild Turkey make a 15 dollar bottle but I find Overholt a better sip. James Dickel comes next in price then you get into the small batch ryes. Ri, as it is spelled on the bottle, is a very spicy nice batch rye with a price. There are many other so it can be as much an adventure as Scotch can be. Take each as an expression and interpretation of the distiller of an old, 1800's, drink. You will find you can enjoy the uniqueness of each and likely savor the spicy notes of the less expensive good old made as it was in the west RYE.... Here's mud in your eye \_/\_/

[TheOfficialBren]

I am a fan of rye. It's one of the ingredients in a Rob Roy. Good stuff!

[ronin6290]

Each rye will be as different as each scotch can be. Depending on the adjunct grains such as malted barley, corn or eeegaaddd rice they will each take flavors or not from these other grains. Also to take into consideration is the aging, or not as in the White Dog from Buffalo Trace. Old Overholt is an inexpensive, and frankly better tasting than other 15 dollar bottles, bottle of rye that is easy to sip straight or with a cube of ice. Jim Beam and Wild Turkey make a 15 dollar bottle but I find Overholt a better sip. James Dickel comes next in price then you get into the small batch ryes. Ri, as it is spelled on the bottle, is a very spicy nice batch rye with a price. There are many other so it can be as much an adventure as Scotch can be. Take each as an expression and interpretation of the distiller of an old, 1800's, drink. You will find you can enjoy the uniqueness of each and likely savor the spicy notes of the less expensive good old made as it was in the west RYE.... Here's mud in your eye \_/\_/

"Sláinte!" my friend. Thanks for the feedback. The price mark sounds great! Scotch has gone up so much in recent years. Thinking I'm going to reserve the Scotch for a treat. I'm going to see if I can find Old Overholt around here. Feedback when I do. A new adventure awaits...

[Kiltboy]

If by the rare, and I mean very rare chance you cross a bottle of Van Winkle Family Reserve Rye sell whatever it takes, ...

I didn't know Van Winkle did a rye. I've had (and have given) bottles of their 20y and 23y bourbon. Finding them is very difficult, with some amazing stories of what I had to do to get it. But I'll keep my eye out for the rye.

[CMcG]

In Canada, many people refer to Canadian whisky as "rye," though it is rare that it is made from 100% rye grain. In some cases, rye grain is the majority in the mix, in others they just blend other grains with a minority of rye in order to get a rye flavour profile.

Alberta Premium is 100% rye and comes in various ages. The standard would be more of mixer, but the aged ones are sippers. From the same distillery, I've been drinking more Alberta Springs 10 year and Dark Horse, which are high percentage ryes and dynamite with just an ice cube or two.

For anyone interested in Canadian "rye" whisky, check out this site:
http://www.canadianwhisky.org/