I love rye whiskey and want to buy a really great bottle of it for special occasions. I’ve had Angel’s Envy rye and loved it, but want to know of others that I haven’t tried/maybe lesser known. Since it’s for special occasions, $100-$200 price range is fine.
Whatever Boas drinks in the old mill would be my recommendation
Lot 40, because it’s Canadian. It’s also 100% rye, no corn.
This sounds awesome! I’m gonna give it a try
The regular Lot 40 is good, but I recently tried the Dark Oak for the first time and I really liked it. If you like bourbon, I’d definitely recommend giving it a try.
My favorite rye is by Rocker. They are in Colorado, and do not distribute nationally, unfortunately. The distiller is going for a niche, local market, he tells me.
Anyhow, all other rye whiskeys taste ‘thin’ in comparison. Super rich and super sippable.
I might just need a road trip! I’m in NM, so it’s a pretty easy drive.
Yeah, their tasting room is a nice hangout in a nice area with other stuff in walking distance.
Weird hours, so be aure to check.
Go-tos when out and about are Michter’s and Templeton. A bit harder to find is Alley 6 and Redwood Empire.
Slowly working through bottles picked up on trips. San Diego Distillery and Woodinville near Seattle. There are a lot of good, local ones.
At home, it’s good old Bulleit.
High West Double Rye is really good for the price.
I used to buy spirits for a handful of restaurants/bars and since no one has really answered your question yet I’ll suggest a few.
-Whistle Pig is great and widely available. There’s a handful of old world, single barrel, speciality bottlings that are quite nice. I didn’t much care for the Madeira one personally but others seem to really like it -Jefferson’s ocean aged -michters barrel strength -heaven hill grain to glass -very olde St Nick (I’ve only tried 8yr, summer, and harvest) -willet family 7yr
Above $100, in my opinion, you quickly hit diminishing returns. There’s honestly little reason to think $180 bottle is better than $100. If you can find it, it’s never a bad idea to try it first at a bar or liquor store that offers that.
Thank you! These are great recommendations!
OMG I thought you meant bread flour.
I am usually a bourbon girl.
But Redwood Empire Emerald Giant is my favorite rye, so good for the price, gorgeous bottle label and not well known; and the cocktails community here at lemmy.world might also enjoy discussing this.
Even a step farther
- Russian black rye
- no wait, Founders red rye ipa
- darn, whiskey?
I too thought it was bread. I was like “marbled!! Oh.”
Sourdough Rye for me, hands down. With onions or olives or the caraway seeds or just the rye. I make it with about 35-40% whole rye flour and the rest bread flour and it’s so good!
That would be excellent
Light with caraway seeds
Pumpernickel is great. Especially for grilled cheese.
I love all the breads, and that sounds yummy right now, but light with caraway is my favorite—almost certainly because it was the first I was exposed to. It won’t appeal to probably anyone, but as a kid my favorite sandwich was seeded rye, raspberry preserves, and chunky peanut butter.
A little sweet and savory, nice.
Have you tried Bulleit Rye?
It’s cheap ($35) but quite good. I always bring a bottle to family gatherings because my SIL makes a mean Manhattan and that’s her preferred brand.
Yes, Bulleit is great! It’s my go-to
EH Taylor Straight Rye is an excellent rye for about $80
Otherwise Rittenhouse Rye Bottled-in-bond is a great $25 drinker
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Oh! Good call on both 😁 I’ll look for that bottle and also ask the community
I will add it’s the Cask Strength one I like best.
https://redwoodempirewhiskey.com/whiskey/cask-strength-uncut-unfiltered/
Definitely a great one! 😁
Whatever kind rhymes with American Pie.
