Gentle rye. Smooth easy sipper with minimal peppery finish. Good place to start for those who want to experiment with a rye whiskey. 9/24/22 - Included this bottle in a Rye Whiskey Tasting I hosted, for two reasons really. First, to see if the flavor profile had changed since the initial pour from the bottle, and to see how it held up against some more popular rye whiskeys. So, as to the first question, it hadn’t changed much. Still very mild and approachable, with just a hint of the peppery (or is it cinnamon red-hot?) rye spice I enjoy. I get more of the sherry finish and fruity notes, than anything. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, just different from the other ryes on the bar top this evening. Long story short, it stands on it’s own, and tastes like I feel it was intended to taste, a different, less spicy expression of a rye whiskey.
About this bottle
This release from Limestone Branch gets its name from Minor Case Beam, a descendant of Jacob Beam. It is made from a mash bill of 51% rye, 45% corn and 4% malted barley. It is finished in Meier’s #44 Cream Sherry casks for eight months and bottled at 90 proof.
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A new "cocktail" I invented featuring Minor Case Straight Rye: "The Deluxardo" - 2.5 oz. Minor Case Straight Rye - 2-3 dashes orange bitters - 1 Luxardo cherry Serve over a very large ice cube. I killed my nearly full bottle of Minor Case drinking this with 2 other buddies last night. The Deluxardo pairs nicely with cigars, fire pits, and competitive axe throwing and wood chopping. Minor Case is a great pour served neat as well, but something about the Luxardo cherry and orange bitters really elevated this for me. They complemented the rye's sweet spiciness really well.
An intense, Straight Rye Whiskey by Limestone Branch Distillery in Kentucky aged for a minimum of 2 years in new American white oak casks, then finished in a cream Sherry cask for 8 months before being bottled at 45.0% ABV. It has an aromatic birth with notes of grain, wood, fruit, summer flowers, herbs & spices; while a bold life adds notes of cherry, raisin, caramel & Sherry; that led to a warm & spicy death of medium length adding notes of oak & rye spice. January 2024
I think this is a hit! Had this as a post race tasting first and was impressed then. Got myself a bottle to confirm and wasn’t disappointed. Very fruit nose with plum, cherry, clove. Color is the only thing that says that this is a two year whiskey. I definitely get plenty of sherry and mild pepper. I love the finish too. It gets a little bitter at the very end that is almost citrus rind.
The nose is quite similar to what you find as far as flavor notes go. Rye spice, pepper, some fruit and a medicinal cherry note that appears on the finish. The spice is there while not being overpowering. It's quite smooth. But there isn't much going on with the palate.
Nose is pleasant, dominated by cherries with some wood and rye/hay notes. Taste starts sweet, woody, grassy, a few seconds later, it's all fruit/cherries. Not the most complex as a sipper, but would be fabulous in many cocktails such as an old fashioned
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