Penelope Tojaki Finish Rye 2025

[Scotch_Collector]

I found a bottle of the Tokaji finish Rye from Penelope and I am not disappointed. 

 

Nice balanced rye spice but rich and funky fruit flavors from the Tokaji cask. A little on the sweeter side, but with the spice from the rye, it is nice and not too much. 

 

I enjoyed this rye. 

 

Rating 8.5/10

[rzelinka]

On 8/2/2025 at 12:29 PM, Scotch_Collector said:

I found a bottle of the Tokaji finish Rye from Penelope and I am not disappointed. 

 

Nice balanced rye spice but rich and funky fruit flavors from the Tokaji cask. A little on the sweeter side, but with the spice from the rye, it is nice and not too much. 

 

I enjoyed this rye. 

 

Rating 8.5/10

I located a bottle of this yesterday but passed. Reviews have been mixed. One person shared it was terrible... I picked up back ups of other bottles instead. 

[Scotch_Collector]

2 hours ago, rzelinka said:

I located a bottle of this yesterday but passed. Reviews have been mixed. One person shared it was terrible... I picked up back ups of other bottles instead. 

Can’t go wrong with things you know you like. Tokaji is kind of funky and I imagine could turn some people off. Additionally it is clearly a finished rye and that’s not everyone’s cup of tea. 

[rzelinka]

Thank you. I've never tried Tokaji, but I do enjoy a sweeter bourbon which is why I tend to gravitate towards wheated bourbons. On the flip side, I don't tent to enjoy ryes, unless of course it's in an Old Fashioned. That said, I have started to warm to ryes. To your point, finished anything is not everyone's cup of tea. I tend to enjoy finished bourbons which is why I have som many Penelope varieties. 

[Kepler]

Not the Penelope but I have a bottle of Saints Alley Nobleman rye.  It's a blend of straight ryes finished in Tokaji casks.  It's the only Tokaji finished whiskey I own, but I haven't opened it yet (so many bottles, so little time, Lol . 

 

Saints Alley is an outfit in northern Texas, connected with the Ironroot distillery.  This bottle is a blend of MGP rye and their own distillate rye.  The blender for Saints Alley is the "Liquor Hound" youtuber, a guy I've followed since I first started on my bourbon hobby.  I've always liked his reviews... and at $80 for this bottle, I said to myself "why not?"  I need to open my bottle soon.

How much does the Penelope cost?