Mattk Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 So I'll get this year started, although a few days late. I'm currently enjoying a pour of Parker's heritage heavy char rye for my birthday pour, which is also a day late, but I worked a long one yesterday. So the meal and celebration was postponed until today. Cheers everyone and here is hoping to another wonderful year of drinking rye. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattk Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 Had a variety of pours today as it's a snow day here, and no work tomorrow either. Started off with a baby saz and ended here again. It's so good this topic just might become watch me quickly drink a PHC rye without sharing. I do hope some of my friends get to try some though. I'm going to have to try and hide this bottle behind some others just to make sure they can. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjbarth Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Opened a RB Rye I purchased at the distillery gift shop in August.. Mmmm! Happy FRYEday! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbroo5880i Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Kjbarth said: Opened a RB Rye I purchased at the distillery gift shop in August.. Mmmm! Happy FRYEday! I recently purchased and opened my first RB Rye. I agree. Mine is a standard version and it is stellar. Easily on par with Pikesville. I can only imagine what a gift shop version tastes like. Enjoy! I am on a Rare Breed flight tonight so bourbon is on deck. However, the rye is a awesome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhettro Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 On 1/7/2022 at 8:38 PM, mbroo5880i said: I recently purchased and opened my first RB Rye. I agree. Mine is a standard version and it is stellar. Easily on par with Pikesville. I can only imagine what a gift shop version tastes like. Enjoy! I am on a Rare Breed flight tonight so bourbon is on deck. However, the rye is a awesome! Would the gift shop bottle be that different? I mean if it’s just the regular RB Rye, it’d be the same thing, yeah? When I was there in June the RB Rye they had for sale looked to be the same stuff I can find on my local shelves. Maybe I was wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl2 Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Talk of the Leopold Three Chamber Rye and spotting a bottle of the newest "Holiday Edition" of the Three Chamber Rye inspired me to have a rye night this week. OK, several rye nights this week! None of them are really a direct comparison to the Leopold BIB Rye which is 80% Abruzzi rye (an old style rye species they sought out and had grown just for this purpose) and 20% of their own floor malted rye (or at least I presume it is rye!). I suppose that a younger Old Potrero with its malted rye mashbill might be closest but the Hotalings is 16yo (and delicious!). The LSB with is 13yo ADL 100% rye is also excellent. Better than many Whistlepigs that I have had. The KBD Vintage 21 is interesting and dense but still more ashy than I really enjoy. The Leopold is certainly the most distinctive of the bunch with its sweet bready yeast character but certainly also has a unique rich oily finish to it that I don't see in most rye whiskies. I hope that let some of it age a while. And that if they do I can afford a bottle without mortgaging my house... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattk Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 3 hours ago, tanstaafl2 said: Talk of the Leopold Three Chamber Rye and spotting a bottle of the newest "Holiday Edition" of the Three Chamber Rye inspired me to have a rye night this week. OK, several rye nights this week! None of them are really a direct comparison to the Leopold BIB Rye which is 80% Abruzzi rye (an old style rye species they sought out and had grown just for this purpose) and 20% of their own floor malted rye (or at least I presume it is rye!). I suppose that a younger Old Potrero with its malted rye mashbill might be closest but the Hotalings is 16yo (and delicious!). The LSB with is 13yo ADL 100% rye is also excellent. Better than many Whistlepigs that I have had. The KBD Vintage 21 is interesting and dense but still more ashy than I really enjoy. The Leopold is certainly the most distinctive of the bunch with its sweet bready yeast character but certainly also has a unique rich oily finish to it that I don't see in most rye whiskies. I hope that let some of it age a while. And that if they do I can afford a bottle without mortgaging my house... Quite the lineup. I e never had a vintage rye, ever. But that's a super solid lineup. I thought the regular 3 chamber was interesting, but not super. How did the special compair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl2 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 1/9/2022 at 9:28 PM, Mattk said: Quite the lineup. I e never had a vintage rye, ever. But that's a super solid lineup. I thought the regular 3 chamber was interesting, but not super. How did the special compair? The one above is the only one I have tried so I cant say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berto Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 I recently picked up the Dickel x Leopold collaboration and another store pick of Wilderness Trail. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBoner Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 I picked up another Pikesville for the bunker. I thought long and hard about snagging a bottle of Wilderness Trail and probably will finally bite the bullet and try that one before too long. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattk Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 Right place at the right time kind of purchase. I was pretty excited to finally see a couple bottles. I've wanted to try one since they were first released. It doesn't disappoint. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedelstaedt Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 9 hours ago, Mattk said: Right place at the right time kind of purchase. I was pretty excited to finally see a couple bottles. I've wanted to try one since they were first released. It doesn't disappoint. Boy, that Rye has a lot of color. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedelstaedt Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Earlier was sipp'n on WP 10yr. Good enough, but moving onto Baby Saz. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffrey r Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 17 hours ago, Mattk said: Right place at the right time kind of purchase. I was pretty excited to finally see a couple bottles. I've wanted to try one since they were first released. It doesn't disappoint. Love the Balboa. I also recently picked up a 6 year Malted Rye from New Riff, though haven’t cracked that open yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattk Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 I've not been having many lately. Things have been a bit crazy out my way, but I had a craving. So to tonight's pour is a bit different. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattk Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 So the old budget bottles seem to be hitting tonight. Finishing the evening with another. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinsfan1311 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 On 1/14/2022 at 3:42 PM, Mattk said: Right place at the right time kind of purchase. I was pretty excited to finally see a couple bottles. I've wanted to try one since they were first released. It doesn't disappoint. I passed on a bottle. I've regretted it ever since. I like every New Riff that I've tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulO Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 I picked up a new one for me - Cardinal Spirits Straight Rye Whiskey 90 proof "at least 3 years old". Cardinal Spirits is a company in Bloomington, IN (my old hometown). From what I can tell they buy Bourbon and Rye from MGP and bottle it under their own label. So, how is it. Dickel and Bulleit both offer a 90 proof Indiana Rye (MGP) with no age statement (so at least 4 years old). My impression is the Cardinal Spirits version is very close to those, not necessarily better or worse. At $20.99 on sale, I may even get a back up bottle. For the same price they have an "at least 3 years old" Bourbon too. Still thinking about that one. Bourbon that young is usually white doggy. May take one for the team. The thing about these small NDP or craft operations is I doubt they ever have a proper warehouse to age barrels like the legacy distillers in KY, where the temperatures fluctuate. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinsfan1311 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 This is a stellar MGP rye. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 2 hours ago, Skinsfan1311 said: This is a stellar MGP rye. NB has some stellar barrels. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledInBond Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 I’m still not really buying whiskey, but I’ll still walk through an aisle just out of curiosity and maybe will grab something as a gift or whatever. I scanned a rye section and saw a couple newer expensive things. Then I noticed that Old Overholt 114. I knew that had come out a while ago but hadn’t seen it around here before. Is that stuff any good? Affordable price at $34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinsfan1311 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 9 hours ago, flahute said: NB has some stellar barrels. This is my first one and, If this rye is any indication, I'm all in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinsfan1311 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 1 hour ago, BottledInBond said: I’m still not really buying whiskey, but I’ll still walk through an aisle just out of curiosity and maybe will grab something as a gift or whatever. I scanned a rye section and saw a couple newer expensive things. Then I noticed that Old Overholt 114. I knew that had come out a while ago but hadn’t seen it around here before. Is that stuff any good? Affordable price at $34 It's really good, and lot of bang for the buck. The average price around here, (metro Baltimore area), is ~ $30.00. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mano Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 (edited) A case that I had special ordered about 2 years ago arrived at the Utah state liquor store today. Happy to get it for just under $80/bottle, but the wait was long. Hopefully will be worth it. Edited February 4, 2022 by Mano 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clueby Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Mano said: A case that I had special ordered about 2 years ago arrived at the Utah state liquor store today. Happy to get it for just under $80/bottle, but the wait was long. Hopefully will be worth it. Surprised they even fulfilled it since it is "allocated". Isn't MSRP ~$100? I've seen it go for $200+. Wasn't completely gone (as in mot being released at all) for 1.5 years or so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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