NOSE Rummy Brown sugar, dilly rye, oak, dried fruit, Manuka honey, toasted bread, jammy apricot and baking spice Wow that rum POPS here… and works with the rye. PALATE Rum, brown sugar spiciness, dried fruit, honey, oak, dilly rye spice, toasted bread, orange peels. and hints of black tea. Bold and heavy with the rum overlaying a well-matured MGP. FINISH Med-long -> Rye spice, oak, brown sugar fades to vanilla taffy and earl grey tea.
About this bottle
This wide release follows the success of the distillery-only expression from 2019. For this expression, 5 and 6 year-old straight rye whiskies are placed some in ex-rum casks from South America, and the rest in barrels from Jamaica, aging both for an additional 10 months. Once maturation was complete, the whiskey from both barrels were then blended back together. It is bottled at 98 proof and available as of March, 2022.
Reviews
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Aroma - huge brown sugar and tropical fruits. Massively sweet. Rum is really shining through, hint of rye spice. Man I’m really liking this nose and really hoping the taste follows through. Taste - yes. This is what I was hoping for. That brown sugar, butterscotch and spice rum sweetness balancing out with the rye and tropical citrus notes. This is excellent summer night whiskey.
Smooth. Delicious rum taste. Pretty banana heavy. Awesome rye finish. Very much enjoying this
Prunes, Bananas and allspice. Viscous and great finish!
Sweet and delicious. Wow
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