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Limited Edition Exploratory Cask Golden Hour Rum and Port Cask-Finished Straight Rye Whiskey

Category: Cask-Finished Straight Rye Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 49%
93 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$80

Doc Swinson’s
Limited Edition Exploratory Cask Golden Hour Rum and Port Cask-Finished Straight Rye Whiskey

Category: Cask-Finished Straight Rye Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 49%
Light dark amber color. Aromas and flavors of dried figs and dates, brandied cherries on rye bread pudding, pecan pie and molasses cookie, and cinnamon toast with sugar plums with a round, vibrant, dry medium body and a warming, appealing, medium-long finish evoking accents of figs and rye bread, vanilla chocolate pudding swirl, spiced baked cherries, and pecan pie with cinnamon and cracked pepper. Vibrant red fruits and cherry here with beautiful rye spices and juicy, sweet berry notes that linger on the palate.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: dried figs and dates, brandied cherries on rye bread pudding, pecan pie and molasses cookie, and cinnamon toast with sugar plums
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with accents of figs and rye bread, vanilla chocolate pudding swirl, spiced baked cherries, and pecan pie with cinnamon and cracked pepper
Smoothness Smoothness: Warming
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, neat, on the rocks, with cigars and with drops of water
Cocktail Cocktails: Sazerac, Old Fashioned, Manhattan
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Vibrant red fruits and cherry here with beautiful rye spices and juicy, sweet berry notes that linger on the palate.
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The Producer

Distillers Way LLC

The Producer
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Cask-Finished Straight Rye Whiskey

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Serve in a Glencairn Ganadian Whisky Glass
About
Cask-Finished Straight Rye Whiskey
A Cask-Finished Straight Rye Whiskey will undergo additional maturation in one or more barrels, the previous contents of which contribute to the aromas and flavors of the final product. Examples include but are not limited to used Rum, Cognac, Port, Sherry, Madeira, Stout, and maple barrels.

In order for a product to be categorized as a Straight Rye Whiskey, the following must be true:

Mash bill must be made up of a minimum of 51% rye.
Aged a minimum of two years.
May not contain any flavors or colors.
All of the liquid in the bottle must be distilled in the same state.

Doc Swinson’s Limited Edition Exploratory Cask Golden Hour Rum and Port Cask-Finished Straight Rye Whiskey rating was calculated by to be 93 points out of 100 on 6/21/2024. Please note that MSRP may have changed since the date of our review.