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
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.
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.
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!
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EH Taylor Straight Rye is an excellent rye for about $80
Otherwise Rittenhouse Rye Bottled-in-bond is a great $25 drinker
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.
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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/
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.
Redwood Empire makes some good shit
Even a step farther
- Russian black rye
- no wait, Founders red rye ipa
- darn, whiskey?
Seriously not enough rye ipas around
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!
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
Whatever kind rhymes with American Pie.
100 to 200 dollars for rye gets you top shelf (if any of it can be considered that good) in Canada. Where are you?
I’m in the US, and that’s likely the same here
Personally I go with scotch if I want good whiskey. I find barrel aged whiskey to be better.
If you’re drinking scotch you’re drinking whisky not whiskey.
I mean, they have different spellings and mean different things, but sure, you do you, man.
Yeah because a distiller doesn’t know the etymology of the name of thier product
… and what they say is: “If you’re talking about a dram that’s been made in Scotland… use the spelling without the e—whisky.”
Looking for pizza recommendations
Well, I like calzones better
Okay, still looking for pizza
Well, calzones are just folded over pizzas…
And as rye is a whiskey I did give a recommendation.
And 7up and orange crush are both sodas, but they are still different flavor categories.
Oh wow, such an enlightened response. Buds fuck off with the childhood taste shit.
Oh nice, someone that can’t even comprehend the obvious metaphor I was using to show how stupid your response was. Guess it wasn’t just the response.
I’ll make it dinner for you: If someone asks for a cola recommendation, and you waltz in and say you like ginger ale… People are going to call you out, just like they did here.
