I love rye whiskey and want to buy a really great bottle of it for special occasions. I’ve had Angel’s Envy rye and loved it, but want to know of others that I haven’t tried/maybe lesser known. Since it’s for special occasions, $100-$200 price range is fine.
OMG I thought you meant bread flour.
I am usually a bourbon girl.
But Redwood Empire Emerald Giant is my favorite rye, so good for the price, gorgeous bottle label and not well known; and the cocktails community here at lemmy.world might also enjoy discussing this.
Even a step farther
- Russian black rye
- no wait, Founders red rye ipa
- darn, whiskey?
Seriously not enough rye ipas around
Redwood Empire makes some good shit
Lot 40, because it’s Canadian. It’s also 100% rye, no corn.
This sounds awesome! I’m gonna give it a try
The regular Lot 40 is good, but I recently tried the Dark Oak for the first time and I really liked it. If you like bourbon, I’d definitely recommend giving it a try.
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I used to buy spirits for a handful of restaurants/bars and since no one has really answered your question yet I’ll suggest a few.
-Whistle Pig is great and widely available. There’s a handful of old world, single barrel, speciality bottlings that are quite nice. I didn’t much care for the Madeira one personally but others seem to really like it -Jefferson’s ocean aged -michters barrel strength -heaven hill grain to glass -very olde St Nick (I’ve only tried 8yr, summer, and harvest) -willet family 7yr
Above $100, in my opinion, you quickly hit diminishing returns. There’s honestly little reason to think $180 bottle is better than $100. If you can find it, it’s never a bad idea to try it first at a bar or liquor store that offers that.
Thank you! These are great recommendations!
Couple ryes got mention in this article about top ranked bourbons of this year.
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Oh! Good call on both 😁 I’ll look for that bottle and also ask the community
I will add it’s the Cask Strength one I like best.
https://redwoodempirewhiskey.com/whiskey/cask-strength-uncut-unfiltered/
My favorite rye is by Rocker. They are in Colorado, and do not distribute nationally, unfortunately. The distiller is going for a niche, local market, he tells me.
Anyhow, all other rye whiskeys taste ‘thin’ in comparison. Super rich and super sippable.
I might just need a road trip! I’m in NM, so it’s a pretty easy drive.
Yeah, their tasting room is a nice hangout in a nice area with other stuff in walking distance.
Weird hours, so be aure to check.
Go-tos when out and about are Michter’s and Templeton. A bit harder to find is Alley 6 and Redwood Empire.
Slowly working through bottles picked up on trips. San Diego Distillery and Woodinville near Seattle. There are a lot of good, local ones.
At home, it’s good old Bulleit.
100 to 200 dollars for rye gets you top shelf (if any of it can be considered that good) in Canada. Where are you?
I’m in the US, and that’s likely the same here
Personally I go with scotch if I want good whiskey. I find barrel aged whiskey to be better.
Looking for pizza recommendations
Well, I like calzones better
Okay, still looking for pizza
Well, calzones are just folded over pizzas…
And as rye is a whiskey I did give a recommendation.
High West Double Rye is really good for the price.
Me
Whatever kind rhymes with American Pie.
