Rye tasting notes:
I chose the following ryes because of their versatility. Whether sipped neat, over ice or in a cocktail, any of these will fill the bill nicely.
Michter's 10-year-old Straight Rye Whiskey This is one of the most versatile ryes out there. It's nutty, chocolaty, fruity and spicy. If Maker's Mark is the best all-rounder of bourbons, and Highland Park fits the same bill for single-malt Scotches, then Michter's 10-year-old takes the title for the ryes.
Sazerac 6-year-old Straight Rye Whiskey Perhaps the quintessential cocktail rye, this whiskey has enough bite and punch to shine right through a Sazerac cocktail, but it's intricate and marvelously spicy enough to be a rye that stands tall on its own two feet.
Rittenhouse 100-Proof Straight Rye Whiskey This is a gutsy bottling. Since there's no age statement on the label, it's a minimum of 4 years old. It jumps out of the glass and gets right in your face. You gotta fight through the spices to get to that incredible buttery mouthfeel, but it's there all the same. A bartender's dream rye.
Van Winkle Family Reserve 13-year-old Straight Rye Here's a dram that's full of flowers and toffee and spices that never bows down to the vermouth in a Manhattan. It's full of character, and seems to offer something you never noticed before every time you go back to it.
Wild Turkey Straight Rye Whiskey I have a hard time finding anything wrong with any whiskey that this Kentucky distillery puts on the market, and this is no exception. There's an old-leather quality to this rye that can be found in Wild Turkey bourbon, too, but its rye has that perfumed quality that's hard to find in any other style of whiskey.
I chose the following ryes because of their versatility. Whether sipped neat, over ice or in a cocktail, any of these will fill the bill nicely.
Michter's 10-year-old Straight Rye Whiskey This is one of the most versatile ryes out there. It's nutty, chocolaty, fruity and spicy. If Maker's Mark is the best all-rounder of bourbons, and Highland Park fits the same bill for single-malt Scotches, then Michter's 10-year-old takes the title for the ryes.
Sazerac 6-year-old Straight Rye Whiskey Perhaps the quintessential cocktail rye, this whiskey has enough bite and punch to shine right through a Sazerac cocktail, but it's intricate and marvelously spicy enough to be a rye that stands tall on its own two feet.
Rittenhouse 100-Proof Straight Rye Whiskey This is a gutsy bottling. Since there's no age statement on the label, it's a minimum of 4 years old. It jumps out of the glass and gets right in your face. You gotta fight through the spices to get to that incredible buttery mouthfeel, but it's there all the same. A bartender's dream rye.
Van Winkle Family Reserve 13-year-old Straight Rye Here's a dram that's full of flowers and toffee and spices that never bows down to the vermouth in a Manhattan. It's full of character, and seems to offer something you never noticed before every time you go back to it.
Wild Turkey Straight Rye Whiskey I have a hard time finding anything wrong with any whiskey that this Kentucky distillery puts on the market, and this is no exception. There's an old-leather quality to this rye that can be found in Wild Turkey bourbon, too, but its rye has that perfumed quality that's hard to find in any other style of whiskey.
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