Uncle Nearest has had fairly a precocious begin as a nascent distillery, and so they kicked their output into overdrive to cap off 2022. The model did so by introducing the world to their ’12 Weeks of Christmas’ marketing campaign which noticed the Uncle Nearest add three everlasting expressions to its nationwide portfolio: Uncle Nearest Straight Rye Whiskey, Uncle Nearest Single Barrel Black Label, and Uncle Nearest Single Barrel Rye. Immediately we’ll be analyzing the Single Barrel Rye which clocks in at cask power and comes with a very peculiar provenance. The corporate states, “Every of our inaugural barrels hails from New York, the place they aged in new American oak for at least 4 years after a brief stint in B.C., the place they had been born.” With B.C. being shorthand for British Columbia which means this preliminary run of single barrels is comprised of Canadian whisky with a 100% rye mash invoice that was then aged within the Empire State earlier than discovering a house in Tennessee for this launch.
Setting apart the circuitous journey this whiskey took, the extra direct implication right here is that although this expression will start as a distillery unique it can finally be obtainable nationally through the digital distributor, ReserveBar. Right here at Drinkhacker we’ve beforehand awarded excessive marks to Uncle Nearest’s first rye providing, and so let’s prolong our protection and see how their newest compares.
The scent of heat apple cider, vanilla pod, and figs fill the air at first. Following up these preliminary aromas are notes of flour and cinnamon (suppose cookie dough) together with youthful oak, freshly cracked black pepper, and the faint aroma of inexperienced grapes. Apple cider is once more current on the primary sip together with unsalted gentle pretzel and cinnamon chewing gum becoming a member of the trip. The warmth rises slowly as every sip makes its approach to the again of the palate, which appears to have been bottled on the ultimate proof. The oak is delicate and the end is each prolonged and virtually juicy, regardless of the reasonably excessive warmth felt via the size of the end. It’s on that end the place baking spice threatens to overpower the sweeter notes, earlier than slowly receding to permit bits of butterscotch and a grain-forward be aware that appears indicative of its presumed youth. (This expression has no age assertion.)
Whereas the Uncut/Unfiltered model of Uncle Nearest’s British Columbia-born rye inventory beforehand impressed, it carried a price ticket practically double this extra available single barrel expression. Luckily, for individuals who missed Uncle Nearest’s first rye, this single barrel is greater than able to holding its personal. Offering each little bit of the excessive proof punch plus delivering within the taste division as well, that is one rye you shouldn’t let move you by.
121 proof.
B+ / $90 / unclenearest.com
Uncle Nearest Single Barrel Rye
$90
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