High West Double Rye Barrel Select PX Finish

Rating: 15/23 I previously quite liked High West Double Rye. I'm very curious about this PX finish, but I'm also wary because PX tends to be super funky and overwhelming. Hopefully this one is more subdued. N: A big rye herbal minty spiciness. It's decadent and very reassuring. A faint malty hint and musty dust smell. A touch of cherry and vanilla too. It's very decadent, nicely balanced, pretty complex, and very reassuringly not overwhelmed by PX. P: Rye front and center with Herbal flavors alongside mint. A hint of maltiness is here too. In the second wave of flavor, I get cherry and nuttiness with some funk that is a tad off, but that melds in with the funky rye herbaceousness fairly well. This is quite sweet, but the mint and bitterness really help to balance it. Still, there's just a bitter bite to the funk with a slight industrial quality that really throws off the balance here a bit. F: The funk lingers a long time with just a touch of vegetal flavor. Some licorice and vanilla too. Herbal touches. A little nuttiness too. Not so much good or bad as bold and a bit challenging. - Conclusion - I think that there is a lot of potential here, a fair amount of which was realized, but a fair amount of which also doesn't quite land. The more I drink of this, the more the PX comes in. I feel like it could integrate nicely with this rye, but it just lingers so much on the finish that it's difficult for that to happen. This isn't on the same level as Belle Meade Cask Strength Reserve (18-19), but it is competitive with WhistlePig Piggyback (16/23). I'm thinking a 15 to 17 for this one. I think I would be at a 16 despite the weird flavors on the palate if it weren't for the lingering finish. Considering that, I'm leaning toward a 15. Thank you @Milliardo for sharing this one! Definitely one of the better PX finishes I've tried.

It’s December 4, and I’m going to try a new rye whiskey every day this month. And while my rye game is not as weak as my Scotch game was this time last year, I’m always up for suggestions on good rye whiskies. And now that I have goals (it’s good to have goals), there are some key players I could use your help finding. Specifically, I need something disgusting. No joke. Goals (abridged): 5 ryes. 4.5 stars. Readily available. (1/5, WT101) I want to recognize the difference between any bourbon and any rye. First try. One of these must be an Empire Rye. I want a raunchy rye. I want the one that tastes like a zeppelin hauling balsamic vinegar got shot down by Jin'Zallah the Sandbringer and crash landed in southern Tanaris. If you know, you know. >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Nose- Blends nose of bourbon and rye. Body- Cherry! Man, this has the brown sugar and baking spices in background of a quality rye but there are fruit notes of cherry that is pervasive and I love it. There is a cherry coke note that I really like! Finish-The rye comes through here. Baking spices and sweet grass. This is both interesting and tasty as hell. Slainte Milliardo! Buddha’s Belly Button 2021!

Compared to rabbit hole deringer. This feels thinner. Nose is cinnamon cherry and classic high west rye. It’s good and if I wasn’t comparing I’d really like it. The Deringer is way better. Finish is short and leaves you wondering what happened.