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Town Branch
Small Batch Straight Rye Whiskey

Category: Straight Rye Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 50%
93 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$49

Town Branch
Small Batch Straight Rye Whiskey

Category: Straight Rye Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 50%
Dark amber color. Aromas and flavors of brown butter on freshly baked multigrain bread, polished mahogany, spice cabinet, and dried apricot with a satiny, bright, dry medium-to-full body and a tingling, gigantic, medium-long finish with notes of caramel with fennel and anise, fresh mint, currant, and sandalwood, cane syrup, coconut, and fresh sage, and hemp rope. A benchmark example for young Rye Whiskey and the perfect base for a Sazerac.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: brown butter on freshly baked multigrain bread, polished mahogany, spice cabinet, and dried apricot
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of caramel with fennel and anise, fresh mint, currant, and sandalwood, cane syrup, coconut, and fresh sage, and hemp rope
Smoothness Smoothness: Tingling
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: A benchmark example for young Rye Whiskey and the perfect base for a Sazerac.

The Producer

Lexington Brewing and Distilling Co.

The Producer
401 Cross Street
Lexington, KY 40508
USA
1 859-225-8095

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.