Taste- Neat 2 oz. In Glen cairn. Nose- Milk chocolate, candied orange, and a sprig of mint are the dominant notes. There is also a bit of an artificial, perhaps medicinal note of cherry cough drop. Taste- the taste tends to stay true to the nose with the candied orange hitting more like those jelly orange candies with a coating of chocolate. There is also a touch of maple. This gives way to spicier notes mid palate and a bit of newer wood. Gets a tad drying on the end. Finish- oak and cinnamon candies are the note I went out on. Overall- I usually am not impressed about craft whiskey, grain to glass bottles, BUT this particular rye hit the mark for me 75%. I loved those candied orange, milky chocolate notes. The cherry menthol, maple, and cinnamon flavors didnt scare me off, and I liked that depth. The 25% I didn't like was in the drying back end. A bit of wood shop right at the end made a really great bottle into a really good bottle. This distiller though is now on my radar. By comparison, I would purchase this over 4 yr Willett all day long. Same price, an extra year of age, and just more flavors here.
Redwood Empire Rocket Top Bottled in Bond Rye (Spring 2017 Vintage)
About this bottle
This is the second batch for Redwood Empire's Rocket Top Bottled in Bond Rye. Like the previous edition, this is a grain-to-glass offering from the California distillery which is blended from rye distilled in spring 2017 using different mash bills. Ultimately, the final blend works out to a mash bill of 87% rye, 5% wheat, 5% malted barley, and 3% corn which differs from the previous release. It was aged for 5 years in 53-gallon American oak, primarily toasted and charred to level 3. Released September 2022. (SRP $89.99)
How it tastes
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***Update to my original tasting** Wow did this get better with some air. After sitting with some headspace for a couple months this just knocked my socks off! I got the tart, fruitiness that the expert experienced. An almost fresh picked strawberry uniqueness to it. The addition of a bit of water really made this a great sip. Time took a good bottle and made it even better
Bananas on the nose immediately. Caramel after a few minutes. Sweet aftertaste.
Just cracked the bottle, wanna let it sit and come back to it in a week.
Nose: Cherry Taste: Hints of cinnamon and fruit
Big flavor, I taste what the experts describe.
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Closest flavor profiles across the whole catalog.
