Ryes to try
100% RYE Catoctin Creek Roundstone 92 Proof Rye Whisky, USA
1 £53.95-£54.95/70cl Master of Malt, The Little Whisky Shop, The Whisky Exchange
Initial aromas of sweetness, vanilla, lemon rind, spice and leather followed by round fruitiness, plums and cherries in the middle and a spicy finish. 46%
Alcohol Kyrö Single Malt Rye, Finland
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£67.90/50cl Hedonism
100% wholegrain rye produces apricot and sultana aromas, with rye bread and chocolate on the palate along with a spicy rye finish. 47.2%
Alc Millstone 100 Rye Whisky, Netherlands
3 £81.49-£87.53/70cl Fareham Wine Cellar, Gauntleys Whiskies, The Drink Shop
Zuidam’s Dutch rye whiskey is 100% rye, spending 100 months in 100% new American oak barrels before bottling. Expect rich citrus fruits – especially orange – on the nose, with honey and vanilla and an oak finish. 50%
Alc Sagamore Spirit Double Oak Straight Rye Whiskey, USA
4 £69-£74.95/70cl Master of Malt, Native Spirits Online, Secret Bottle Shop, The Little Whisky Shop, The Whisky Exchange
After ageing for four years in oak, the spirit gains quite a kick by being transferred into a second oak barrel to re-energise the ageing process. Flavours of caramel and dark vanilla predominate, with hints of warm chestnut. 48.3%
Alc Stauning El Clásico Rye Whisky, Denmark
5 £59.95-£60.95/70cl Hard to Find Whisky, Master of Malt
Expect grain and spice on the nose with a bitter-sweet finish and a lingering hint of the Spanish vermouth casks used for the last year of its maturation. 45.7%
Alc BLENDED RYE Few Rye Whiskey, USA
6
£59-£64/70cl Amathus Drinks, Inverurie
Whisky Shop, Native Spirits Online, Ocado,
The House of Whisky, The Whisky Exchange,
The Whisky World
A blend involving 70% rye which produces notes of apple, plum, spices and oak that are sweetened by the 30% corn and malted barley content. 46.5%
Alc Oxford Rye Whisky, England
7
£120/70cl Hedonism, Master of Malt,
The Whisky Exchange, The Whisky Shop
To celebrate TOAD’S fourth birthday, the eccentric English distillery has brought out a new rye whiskey (Batch #3) that’s been rested in American oak before maturing in Portuguese Moscatel wine casks, hence the floral fruitiness that adds such sweetness to this rye. Look out for Muscovado sugar and smoke at the finish. 51.2%
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