Frey Ranch just lately launched a single barrel bourbon line. Naturally a single barrel rye was up subsequent:
“Our Straight Rye Whiskey has actually been a success for Frey Ranch, racking up awards and recognition from our followers – in reality, each our Straight Rye and our new Single Barrel Rye acquired Double Platinum recognition from The Ascot Awards,” stated Frey Ranch Co-Founder Colby Frey. “Whereas our straight rye has change into a mainstay of our whiskey portfolio, we’ve tasted our ryes straight from the barrels and felt we had a whiskey worthy of bottling as a single barrel. Our extremely simple to drink whiskey is the fruits of my dream to launch a rye in a single barrel format,” Frey continued.
Aged in #4 char barrels and capped with #3 char heads, the brand new Single Barrel Rye has a mash invoice of 100% Winter Cereal Rye – all grown and harvested on-site at Frey Ranch Distillery by Colby Frey. The whiskey maintains a clean, advanced taste that units it other than the pepper-forward taste profile discovered in lots of ryes. The nostril supplies intense, earthy notes of charred applewood, fragrance and rye spice whereas the palate vacillates between candied berries, fig jam, fruit cake, leather-based, and marzipan. This versatility makes for a flavorful whiskey that may be loved neat, over ice or in traditional cocktails, corresponding to a Manhattan, Sazerac or Vieux Carre.
The tl;dr is that that is (presumably) Frey Ranch’s normal rye, however from a single barrel and bottled at cask energy. I don’t see any age info on the bottle, however normal Frey Ranch rye is 5 years outdated and bottled in bond.
I tasted a regular launch of Frey Rye (a shorthand moniker which I hope they’ll undertake) and located it improved over its preliminary batches, with livelier fruit and extra sweetness on show. At cask energy, single barrel-style, the whiskey is larger and bolder in each dimension. The nostril finds loads of rye-driven grassiness, notes of Dutch course of chocolate, licorice, burnt toast, and charred meats giving the expertise a distinctly savory aroma. You gained’t ever get a lot from nosing, however fortuitously the palate kicks issues into third gear: Syrupy candy with macerated berry notes, honey and maple, and ample notes of warming spice that coat the throat in a method that no medicinal product can, it isn’t till the end the place further components of tangerine peel, menthol, and a contact of pepper present themselves.
I’m undecided if Frey Ranch Rye has developed since we first encountered it 2 years in the past, or if that is only a honey barrel that’s exhibiting the whiskey at its (very) greatest. I’ll take it both method, I suppose.
137.46 proof.
A- / $99 / freyranch.com
Frey Ranch Single Barrel Rye Barrel #260
$99
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