I love rye whiskey and want to buy a really great bottle of it for special occasions. I’ve had Angel’s Envy rye and loved it, but want to know of others that I haven’t tried/maybe lesser known. Since it’s for special occasions, $100-$200 price range is fine.
Lot 40, because it’s Canadian. It’s also 100% rye, no corn.
High West Double Rye is really good for the price.
My favorite rye is by Rocker. They are in Colorado, and do not distribute nationally, unfortunately. The distiller is going for a niche, local market, he tells me.
Anyhow, all other rye whiskeys taste ‘thin’ in comparison. Super rich and super sippable.
OMG I thought you meant bread flour.
I am usually a bourbon girl.
But Redwood Empire Emerald Giant is my favorite rye, so good for the price, gorgeous bottle label and not well known; and the cocktails community here at lemmy.world might also enjoy discussing this.
Even a step farther
- Russian black rye
- no wait, Founders red rye ipa
- darn, whiskey?
I too thought it was bread. I was like “marbled!! Oh.”
Sourdough Rye for me, hands down. With onions or olives or the caraway seeds or just the rye. I make it with about 35-40% whole rye flour and the rest bread flour and it’s so good!
That would be excellent
I used to buy spirits for a handful of restaurants/bars and since no one has really answered your question yet I’ll suggest a few.
-Whistle Pig is great and widely available. There’s a handful of old world, single barrel, speciality bottlings that are quite nice. I didn’t much care for the Madeira one personally but others seem to really like it -Jefferson’s ocean aged -michters barrel strength -heaven hill grain to glass -very olde St Nick (I’ve only tried 8yr, summer, and harvest) -willet family 7yr
Above $100, in my opinion, you quickly hit diminishing returns. There’s honestly little reason to think $180 bottle is better than $100. If you can find it, it’s never a bad idea to try it first at a bar or liquor store that offers that.
Thank you! These are great recommendations!
Have you tried Bulleit Rye?
It’s cheap ($35) but quite good. I always bring a bottle to family gatherings because my SIL makes a mean Manhattan and that’s her preferred brand.
Yes, Bulleit is great! It’s my go-to
Light with caraway seeds
Pumpernickel is great. Especially for grilled cheese.
I love all the breads, and that sounds yummy right now, but light with caraway is my favorite—almost certainly because it was the first I was exposed to. It won’t appeal to probably anyone, but as a kid my favorite sandwich was seeded rye, raspberry preserves, and chunky peanut butter.
A little sweet and savory, nice.
EH Taylor Straight Rye is an excellent rye for about $80
Otherwise Rittenhouse Rye Bottled-in-bond is a great $25 drinker
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Oh! Good call on both 😁 I’ll look for that bottle and also ask the community
I will add it’s the Cask Strength one I like best.
https://redwoodempirewhiskey.com/whiskey/cask-strength-uncut-unfiltered/
Marble
Definitely a great one! 😁
100 to 200 dollars for rye gets you top shelf (if any of it can be considered that good) in Canada. Where are you?
I’m in the US, and that’s likely the same here
Personally I go with scotch if I want good whiskey. I find barrel aged whiskey to be better.
Looking for pizza recommendations
Well, I like calzones better
Okay, still looking for pizza
Well, calzones are just folded over pizzas…
And as rye is a whiskey I did give a recommendation.
And 7up and orange crush are both sodas, but they are still different flavor categories.
Oh wow, such an enlightened response. Buds fuck off with the childhood taste shit.
Oh nice, someone that can’t even comprehend the obvious metaphor I was using to show how stupid your response was. Guess it wasn’t just the response.
I’ll make it dumber for you: If someone asks for a cola recommendation, and you waltz in and say you like ginger ale… People are going to call you out, just like they did here.
If you’re drinking scotch you’re drinking whisky not whiskey.
Whatever kind rhymes with American Pie.
