Hard Truth High Road Rye

I got this bottle at Kelly Liquors in the Mountain Run shopping center, where it cost me $45.99. The mash bill is 55% rye (which makes it almost a barely legal rye), 36% corn, and 9% sprouted barley. This whisky is 93 proof, according to the label it's "over" three years old, and in the glass the color is mahogany. 𝗡𝗢𝗦𝗘: Honey butter, with a generic floral note, and something vegetal which made me think of mullein. 𝗠𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗟: Creamy. 𝗧𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘: On the palate I immediately got honey with brown sugar and red pepper. There were oak and smoke underneath that, and then stronger notes of cinnamon and dark chocolate appeared. 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗛: This is, alas, short, but delicious. It gives notes of red pepper, black pepper, and dark chocolate. 𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗬: This is excellent whisky. I could wish for a longer finish - this one fades out too quickly - but it tastes so good, as does the whisky overall, that I won't complain. This is a different mash bill from the Sweet Mash Rye (that's 96/4), and it tastes different; moreover the lower proof results in a different experience. I can't decide which I like more, though the higher proof might tip me toward the Sweet Mash. But this is, as I say, excellent, and I'll definitely buy it again. 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚: On my hick scale (8 levels, with 8 as the highest) this comes in at 7, Right Fine. That's the same as 4.375 stars, 87.5/100, or 8.75/10.

I have no words for how awful this is. It tastes like the smell of windex. I don’t believe in drain pours but this was a drain pour. Luckily I only paid $29 for this thing.

Light confectionery type of Aroma and the flavor is not very deep but it is easy smooth and follows that aroma so overall good beginner sipper.

Decent Flavor