Your favorite Ryes
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For the money Rittenhouse is hard to beat.
Marble -- they're so tasty they make normally mild-mannered comedians mug little old ladies.
Definitely Kentucky Ryed Chicken by ATG
Full Moon Pale Rye by Real Ale
Black Rye by Founders
@KRJ1975 Well played.
Full Moon Pale Rye by Real Ale
Black Rye by Founders
@KRJ1975 Well played.
The one the good old boys were drinking in American Pie.
I really like this. Similar to Rittenhouse but at 110 proof and some older barrels in it. But about twice the price tag.
Ain’t it sad how it works that way.
I really like this. Similar to Rittenhouse but at 110 proof and some older barrels in it. But about twice the price tag.
Best I've had:
Best that are fairly easy to find today:
- Booker's Rye
- Wild Turkey Masters' Keep Cornerstone Rye
- Multiple Old Scout Single Barrel Ryes (MGP distilled, 7-9 years old)
Best that are fairly easy to find today:
- Old Forester Rye
- Rittenhouse Bottled in Bond
- Pikesville
- Knob Creek Single Barrel Rye Picks
- Russell's Reserve Single Barrel Rye
With credits like Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings and James Bond films, I am going with this one...
As opposed to
Who is a Dark Jewish Guy.
In like 2010/2011, the Party Source had this very small rye release that Buffalo Trace had done under the Abraham Bowman label. It was really high proof - upper 130’s if I recall - and old, though I forget the exact age statement. The single best whiskey I ever tasted. Simply sublime; the perfect rye whiskey. It had notes that I have not experienced since, or ever.
It lingered on the shelves for months - back then, no one would pay 70 bucks for a whiskey they never heard of. They even hung up placards on the shelf stating something along the lines of, “this is supremely good, you really should buy it.” But no one did. Think I drank three of them over the course of six months or so.
Wish I would have bought several cases. But, the “I wish / going back in time” game with whiskey is a dangerous and sorrowful road to go down, so I try to just be happy with the fact that I got to enjoy it when I did.
It lingered on the shelves for months - back then, no one would pay 70 bucks for a whiskey they never heard of. They even hung up placards on the shelf stating something along the lines of, “this is supremely good, you really should buy it.” But no one did. Think I drank three of them over the course of six months or so.
Wish I would have bought several cases. But, the “I wish / going back in time” game with whiskey is a dangerous and sorrowful road to go down, so I try to just be happy with the fact that I got to enjoy it when I did.
Didn’t mean to kill the thread.
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Like to get my hands on some Parker’s Heritage heavy char...
spose to be dope AF
spose to be dope AF
It’s really good. The Heaven Hill distillate does well with the alligator char. Has the body to stand up to it. Hopefully they do some more.
(My wet dream is them re-upping the discontinued 6YO BIB with this char - there would never be a need to drink anything else. Ever.)
Never tried, but I’ve heard.
Bummer they got rid of the BIB.
evan Williams BIB and the 1783 are tasty cheap go-tos
Bummer they got rid of the BIB.
evan Williams BIB and the 1783 are tasty cheap go-tos
^ The guy at the liquor store said he heard from a distributor that the Evan BIB will be the next thing to disappear. Don’t want to believe it, but wouldn’t be surprised.
Cool that you can get the 1783 where you are at. I didn’t realize that was a national label. It’s a nice dram.
Shifting gears, but DEPs in Fort Thomas, which is a decently large liquor store on the KY scene (though not approaching party source size), is out of Old Grand Dad 114. I asked the guy there, and he said the distributor is not expecting to get any soon. I’m afraid that might be the latest shoe to drop. Another great one bites the dust.
Cool that you can get the 1783 where you are at. I didn’t realize that was a national label. It’s a nice dram.
Shifting gears, but DEPs in Fort Thomas, which is a decently large liquor store on the KY scene (though not approaching party source size), is out of Old Grand Dad 114. I asked the guy there, and he said the distributor is not expecting to get any soon. I’m afraid that might be the latest shoe to drop. Another great one bites the dust.
Pikesville is my favorite. OGD just jumped from $20 to $31.99 and is enjoying a nice run on the quiet increase. Groups like HH are being crushed for increasing prices.
Jeesh.
You can’t find McKenna 10 anymore either. That was some low shelf well bourbon. Screw cap.
I just snagged E.H. Taylor Barrel proof as well as 1792 Full proof because of reviews. It’s ridiculous.
Total Wine guy said if you’re not buying $1400 a month of bourbon you’re not a preferred customer. So I can forget running into an exotic bottle anytime soon. The Indian dude shops up here ARE a secondary market and don’t give a **** about charging 500% markup.
Some rich douche will buy it.
You can’t find McKenna 10 anymore either. That was some low shelf well bourbon. Screw cap.
I just snagged E.H. Taylor Barrel proof as well as 1792 Full proof because of reviews. It’s ridiculous.
Total Wine guy said if you’re not buying $1400 a month of bourbon you’re not a preferred customer. So I can forget running into an exotic bottle anytime soon. The Indian dude shops up here ARE a secondary market and don’t give a **** about charging 500% markup.
Some rich douche will buy it.
I went to David Pickerell’s (RIP) operation at Hillrock in upstate NY. They farm and malt their own 100% rye. It was so goddamn good. Fresh cucumber on the nose. It was crazy.
Evan Williams put out a 2019 promotional MLB (baseball) line that’s supposedly different and excellent too.
Krazy, is that price for a fifth of OGD BIB? It wasn’t long ago a handle cost 32. Jeez.
Kooky, you just can’t keep up anymore. I’ve probably bought 30k of bourbon at my place over the past ten years, and I was booted off their lottery list for not buying enough. F**k em. I’ll buy wild turkey from the Patel’s.