OT: need recs on Rye whiskey

[aTotal360]

IMO, Pikesville is the gold standard and I have that. You can't beat it for the price. I just opened a bottle of Fiddler Toasted Rye which is good. I'm not a huge fan of JD Single Barrel Rye. Whistle Pig is very mediocre for the price.

Any suggestions in the sub $100 category that isn't allocated?

 

[msudawg12]

My favorites in that range that you can generally find fairly easily:

Angel's Envy Rye - finished in rum cask barrels - used to be $60, now about $85
WhistlePig 10 Year Old (love the 12 but you wont find it under $100)
Barrell - Seagrass Rye finished in Rum, Madeira and Apricot Brandy barrels

 

[T-TownDawgg]

If you come across Six & Twenty Rye from SC, it’s a fine sipping rye.

 

[Mr. Cook]

IMO, Pikesville is the gold standard and I have that. You can't beat it for the price. I just opened a bottle of Fiddler Toasted Rye which is good. I'm not a huge fan of JD Single Barrel Rye. Whistle Pig is very mediocre for the price.

Any suggestions in the sub $100 category that isn't allocated?

Here's a few (of many) I have in the cabinet:

Basil Hayden Dark Rye
Sazerac
Rittenhouse
Knob's Creek Single Barrel Select Rye

 

[Mr. Cook]

My favorites in that range that you can generally find fairly easily:

Angel's Envy Rye - finished in rum cask barrels - used to be $60, now about $85
WhistlePig 10 Year Old (love the 12 but you wont find it under $100)
Barrell - Seagrass Rye finished in Rum, Madeira and Apricot Brandy barrels

Nice selections, especially the Whistlepig

 

[The Cooterpoot]

Angels Envy
Basil Hayden
Elijah Craig or Bulliet(on the cheap)

 

[ZombieKissinger]

I lived on the border of VT a few years after Whistlepig started, and all their stuff was available and cheap. Has really jumped in price since then

 

[MaxwellSmart]

Sazerac
Bulleit

 

[aTotal360]

Here's a few (of many) I have in the cabinet:

Basil Hayden Dark Rye
Sazerac
Rittenhouse
Knob's Creek Single Barrel Select Rye

I haven’t tried Rittenhouse. I’ll see if I can find it.

 

[Mr. Cook]

Sazerac
Bulleit

Got Bulleit in the cabinet, too...also a very nice rye

 

[3-2 Dawg]

Rittenhouse and High West

 

[RiverCityDawg]

IMO, Pikesville is the gold standard and I have that. You can't beat it for the price. I just opened a bottle of Fiddler Toasted Rye which is good. I'm not a huge fan of JD Single Barrel Rye. Whistle Pig is very mediocre for the price.

Any suggestions in the sub $100 category that isn't allocated?

If it's distributed near you, Riverset Rye single barrel cask strength (not the basic 94 proof version) is great and very high value for the price (~$45ish).

Wild turkey rare breed rye and Russell's single barrel rye are both good. Rare Breed is higher proof and more intense, Russell's is an easier sipper (104 proof). My last Russell's reminded me of Apple Jacks.

I'll add another vote for Whistlepig 10 yr. My dad found a bottle for $65 which is fantastic value. It's $90 here in Alabama, which is pushing it. It's friggin delicious though. Great sweet oak and baking spice balance.

I've also heard Wilderness Trail Rye is really good (especially the store picks), but I've never had it.

 

[notthisshitagain]

If you come across the Willett Small Batch Rye, it’s well worth the price. Found a few bottles at Tupelo Wine & Spirits last week.

 

[Crazy Cotton]

Hard to find, but the collaboration between George Dickel and Leopold is excellent and was running about 100 bucks.

The regular George Dickel rye is my goto for mixing.

 

[Trojanbulldog19]

with the others
willet, whistle pig, and angels envy.

 

[Bullldawg78]

My favorites in that range that you can generally find fairly easily:

Angel's Envy Rye - finished in rum cask barrels - used to be $60, now about $85
WhistlePig 10 Year Old (love the 12 but you wont find it under $100)
Barrell - Seagrass Rye finished in Rum, Madeira and Apricot Brandy barrels

I'll give a string second to the Angel's Envy finished rye, it's my standard go to.

 

[L4Dawg]

I'm a Smokey Scotch guy and I don't know much about American spirits, but I got a bottle of Angles Envy Bourbon for Christmas, it's dang good.

 

[mcdawg22]

IMO, Pikesville is the gold standard and I have that. You can't beat it for the price. I just opened a bottle of Fiddler Toasted Rye which is good. I'm not a huge fan of JD Single Barrel Rye. Whistle Pig is very mediocre for the price.

Any suggestions in the sub $100 category that isn't allocated?

Seagram’s VO

 

[tired]

Rittenhouse

 

[NTDawg]

I know you said you don’t like JD SiB but have you tried the barrel proof. I find all JD is significantly better at higher proofs.

other ryes that I have but only problem is that they are hard to find
Sagamore cask strength
Sagamore Rum finished
Sagamore double oak (very desserty)
Pursuit United
Penelope rye toasted
Ezra Brooks 7 yr cask strength

mush easier to find not as special but good
Old Forester 100
Smooth Ambler Contradiction Rye
WT 101 rye
Rare Breed rye

i agree that Pikesviile is good be aware that none of these will taste as much like bourbon as Pikesville does

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

I don't know the difference between Whiskey and Bourbon, but Wild Turkey 101 is one of the smoothest.

 

[She Mate Me]

If you come across the Willett Small Batch Rye, it’s well worth the price. Found a few bottles at Tupelo Wine & Spirits last week.

I'll 2nd this recommendation. Willett seems to have built up enough aged stock of their own juice to put out a consistent 4 year rye.

This one has been consistently good the last few times I've bought it.

 

[She Mate Me]

I don't know the difference between Whiskey and Bourbon, but Wild Turkey 101 is one of the smoothest.

Well for starters bourbon is whiskey, but whiskey is often not bourbon.

Wild Turkey 101 is true Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, unless you're talking about Wild Turkey 101 Rye, which is Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

Well for starters bourbon is whiskey, but whiskey is often not bourbon.

Wild Turkey 101 is true Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, unless you're talking about Wild Turkey 101 Rye, which is Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey.

Ha, should have clarified, "I don't care about he difference."

 

[She Mate Me]

I haven’t tried Rittenhouse. I’ll see if I can find it.

Pikesville and Rittenhouse are both Heaven Hill products. I think they use the same mashbill and Pikesville is just a longer aged, higher proof, higher quality product.

They both use the minimum amount of Rye allowed in a Rye Whiskey at 51%, and a lot of corn, so they will be smoother and more akin to Bourbon than higher Rye and Barley recipes.

You might enjoy trying some Ryes with higher Rye and Barley contents just for the comparison.

Old Forester Rye is a good start.

 

[She Mate Me]

Ha, should have clarified, "I don't care about he difference."

Then maybe you should just drink vodka.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

Then maybe you should just drink vodka.

I do! In honor of the Pirate, Apple Crown is my favorite.

 

[aTotal360]

I do! In honor of the Pirate, Apple Crown is my favorite.

No judgement here.

 

[BCruz]

Oak and Eden rye is pretty good for $50-60

 

[ETK99]

Chicken Cock 20 yr old Rye is legit as hell if you got the money. Even if it's Canadian rye.

 

[PooPopsBaldHead]

Someone bought me a bottle of High West A Midwinter's Night Dram, Act 11. By all accounts, a great bottle and hard to find. But I don't like rye at all.

Might be willing to barter for something more in my wheelhouse... Low rye, high proof bourbon.

 

[aTotal360]

Someone bought me a bottle of High West A Midwinter's Night Dram, Act 11. By all accounts, a great bottle and hard to find. But I don't like rye at all.

Might be willing to barter for something more in my wheelhouse... Low rye, high proof bourbon.

I've sampled all the releases over the past few years. The 2021 release was good. This years was pathetic. I heard the 10x'ed production.

 

[Bulldog Bruce]

I have a bottle of Crittendon's Cut Above Rye Whisky from Kiln MS that I like.

 

[The Cooterpoot]

You can find good deals on rye right now. Rye really took off back before covid but people aren't buying it as much now. It's sitting on shelves and deals are to be had.

 

[PooPopsBaldHead]

I've sampled all the releases over the past few years. The 2021 release was good. This years was pathetic. I heard the 10x'ed productio

I'll take your word for it. All ryes taste like somebody dropped a handful of fresh grass clippings into a bottle of whiskey to me.

In a side note, Pepsi tastes like somebody put a tablespoon of dirt into a Coca-Cola.

 

[She Mate Me]

I'll take your word for it. All ryes taste like somebody dropped a handful of fresh grass clippings into a bottle of whiskey to me.

In a side note, Pepsi tastes like somebody put a tablespoon of dirt into a Coca-Cola.

I always get slight notes of diabetic piss from Pepsi.

 

[aTotal360]

I always get slight notes of diabetic piss from Pepsi.

I’ve never drank diabetic piss so I’ll take your word for it.

 

[She Mate Me]

I’ve never drank diabetic piss so I’ll take your word for it.

Have you drank Pepsi??