Smooth Ambler Old Scout Rye 7 Year

Blind tasting sample from Aaron Stark. Nose: pencils and graphite open up to vanilla and new oak. Furniture polish opens up to caramel corn Palate: horseradish at first quickly diffused to light caramel, cream, corn, and then spearmint. Medium silky texture. Not much heat to the mid-palate. Sweet. Finish: Warmth escalates then quickly fades, leaving a bitter and dry burnt sugar sensation atop a light syrup coating. Pink peppercorn.

I tried this one after multiple recommendations. Both nose and taste are very standard MGP rye profile. You've got the usual rye spice and really nothing that stands out for me. If you like rye, you'll like this one. It doesn't have the complexity of some of the older options from other distillers but it's a solid pick up that's getting harder to find.

My absolute favorite right now. The nose is like an old library. Old wood and sweet leather. On the tongue, the same, with a little brown sugar. The finish has a dill note. Not dill pickle, but herbal dill. It doesn't sound good, but it is amazing!

Really nice rye, great layers of baking spice, slight hit of mint chased through with bits of sweet dessert flavors. Pretty smooth for 99 proof and better than some other similar priced whiskies.

Has an awesome feel from the moment it touches your lips to the time it's fumes vacate the back of your throat. Flavors are a bit subdued, but the experience more than makes up for it...

4 stars - Smooth and spicy, almost peppery, but still plenty of sweetness. The finish is full on rye bread, and a little bit of fruitiness. Very little burn and a little dry.