Rye Whiskey Recommendations


 
LarryR

LarryR

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Had a great Manhattan the other day so I started reading-up on recipes (I've traditionally made mine with Makers Mark) and the traditional Manhattan appears to be made using Rye Whiskey. Anyone have a recommendation for a good Rye Whiskey? Something in the range of a Makers Mark or Knob?
 
My mom was a manhattan drinker , but she wasn't fussy about what ingredients were in it. Canadian club or even bourbon was acceptable.
To me , the best rye whiskey I have tasted is Old Overholt , and I believe that would compare favorably with makers mark or knob creek as far as being well crafted sipping whiskey.
 
Theres a small batch rye out of Iowa called "Templetons prohibition era", if you can find it I highly recommend it.
 
Looks like I can get Templetons locally. I'll start off with that, thanks for the recommendations guys. I'll report back.
 
LarryR said:
Something in the range of a Makers Mark or Knob?
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Look like we have the same affections! MM and Knob Creek are my favorites. I haven't tried rye whiskey and probably won't - the reason being I tried some rye beer (Ruthless Rye by Sierra Nevada Brewery) and it did not sit well. For some reason I got a fever and chills lasting about 24 hours. I didn't connect it to the beer at the time, until I had some Ruthless Rye again a week later and the same thing happened. Bummer, because it's a great tasting beer.
 
Big fan of the Templeton Rye, looking forward to trying others. Thanks for the recommendations
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My favorite is still Wisers Deluxe. It used to be labeled "10 yrs old" but that has recently been removed... probably not as good as it used to be but I keep coming back to it after trying others...
 
Keep in mind anything labelled 10/15/16 yr old ISN'T (in what we think of as a "real" year).

They put it through a warm/hot/cool/cold cycle while in storage. To simulate a year of the four seasons.
Do it once: 1 yr old
do it twice: 2 yr old

Etc
Maybe a filtering in between but you get the picture.

Unless it's some chateau lafitte 1935, that's how they do it, simplisticly speaking.
 
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I inherited two old bottles of rye from my dad. One is Schenley's(sp?)Order of Merit. It has an excise seal that reads 1964 and I have a bottle of Crown Royal with an excise seal of 1966.

I don't know if I will ever open them or what event would be the catalyst to do so.

Ken
 
Don't know that it "gets better" in a glass bottle.

I know for a fact it can evaporate. I found an mini-size bottle (those mini bottles you get attached to normal size 26ers of rye) in a desk drawer. It was half full yet had never been opened. It was in there about 5 yr I think.
 
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Crown Royal would be my first choice - 40 Creek which is produced local to me in Grimsby ON. is a fine whiskey as well - especially their Copper Pot. Collingwood is another one I've been meaning to try and have heard good things about. These I reserve for just "neat" or "on the rocks".....if you bring coke to my house the CR goes away and the CC comes out for your mixing pleasure ;).
 
Len Dennis said:
Keep in mind anything labelled 10/15/16 yr old ISN'T (in what we think of as a "real" year).

They put it through a warm/hot/cool/cold cycle while in storage. To simulate a year of the four seasons.
Do it once: 1 yr old
do it twice: 2 yr old

Etc
Maybe a filtering in between but you get the picture.

Unless it's some chateau lafitte 1935, that's how they do it, simplisticly speaking.
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Is that really true?. You mean johnny walker black isn't really aged in a barrel for 12 calendar years? I'm shocked. Seriously.
 
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