Rye article in Mental Floss

[callmeox]

There'a a one page article about rye whiskey in the March/April issue of Mental Floss magazine. It contains a couple anecdotes about George Washington and an interesting list of 5 ryes to try:

Ritt BiB
Sazerac Jr.
Whistle Pig
Lions Pride
McKenzie rye

Nice exposure for McKenzie

[tmckenzie]

I heard something about it. Did they like it?

[callmeox]

Their review:

"Hailing from New York, this gem smells like freshly baked bread with honey - it's as though Winnie the Pooh opened a distillery."

[squire]

I know some soccer moms who would take umbrage against Winnie the Pooh being a whisky figure.

[smokinjoe]

I know some soccer moms who would take umbrage against Winnie the Pooh being a whisky figure.

Geeze Tom, it was Martha Stewart lovin' on y'all last year, now Winnie the Pooh. You're keepin' good company!

[tmckenzie]

Now if I can get Martha to call me winnie the pooh when she is loving on me, I would have it made.

[squire]

First name basis with Martha, huh, man you do get around.

[ethangsmith]

Keeping with this, if Eeyore, Tigger, or Piglet had distilleries, what would they make??

PS- Tom, I promise to never call you Pooh. Ever.

[squire]

They wouldn't make anything. Eeyore would be overwhelmed by the immensity of the task, Tigger would burn the place down trying to get a fire going under the still and Piglet would, well, be Piglet.

[PaulO]

I read the article at work, and don't have it in front of me. I liked the article. One thing I wasn't sure of; isn't Whistle Pig distilled in Canada? Nothing wrong with that, but the article says from Vermont. I thought it was made in Canada, bottled in the US?