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Redwood Empire
2019 Rocket Top Bottled In Bond Straight Rye Whiskey Batch No. 004

Category: Straight Rye Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 50%
93 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$79

Redwood Empire
2019 Rocket Top Bottled In Bond Straight Rye Whiskey Batch No. 004

Category: Straight Rye Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 50%
Golden amber color. Aromas and flavors of Howard’s Amish beeswax and orange oil polish, baked cherry, cinnamon coffee cake, and caramel green apple and allspice with a round, lively, dry medium-to-full body and a tingling, complex, medium-long finish imparting notes of cherry, bit o honey, cinnamon roasted nuts, and green apple. The rye still tastes a little young and bready, but otherwise fawning over everything about this tasty, tasty Rye Whiskey.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: Howard's Amish beeswax and orange oil polish, baked cherry, cinnamon coffee cake, and caramel green apple and allspice
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of cherry, bit o honey, cinnamon roasted nuts, and green apple
Smoothness Smoothness: Tingling
Finish Finish: Long
Enjoy Enjoy: neat, on the rocks, with cigars and with drops of water
Bottom Line Bottom Line: The rye still tastes a little young and bready, but otherwise fawning over everything about this tasty, tasty Rye Whiskey.

The Producer

Straight Rye Whiskey

Spirits Glass Glencairn Canadian Amber.jpg
Serve in a Glencairn Ganadian Whisky Glass
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.