Chattanooga Whiskey 99 Rye

December 2, 2021 Eric Burke

I really like being some place I haven’t been before. It doesn’t matter if it’s a new place to live or just a new place to visit. I guess I just like updating my internal map with new location information. I like new places so much so that I used to joke that I was pretty much ready to move to a new apartment/house/etc right after I’d figured out the optimum way to drive to the grocery store. And I was only mostly joking. Which makes it a bit odd that I go back to Kentucky at least once per year.

I guess some places are better than novelty. But that doesn’t stop me from tacking on a visit to somewhere new when I go back for a visit. This year I tacked on Chattanooga, TN. It seems like a nice enough area. Though like many places the hand-painted political signs start showing up just about the time you leave town. The house I was staying in was within walking distances of a couple breweries, many bars, and one distillery. And you better believe I made sure to schedule a tour there.

I’d had the two Tennessee High Malt Bourbons from Chattanooga Whiskey before. In fact, I mentioned when I reviewed those bourbons that “if I am in Chattanooga I'll be stopping in for a visit.” And so I did. It’s a nice short tour that ends with a tasting of a few of their whiskies. Including tonight’s.

Chattanooga Whiskey 99 Rye is a rye whiskey made from a mash bill of Malted Rye, Yellow Corn, Caramel Malted Rye, and Chocolate Malted Rye. It is aged in 53 gallon barrels and is bottled unfiltered. The bottle I picked up was a little over 3 years old. Let’s see how it tastes.

Chattanooga Whiskey 99 Rye

Purchase Info: $39.99 for a 750 mL bottle at the Chattanooga Whiskey gift shop, Chattanooga, TN

Price per Drink (50 mL): $2.67

Details: 49.5% ABV. Mash bill: Malted Rye, Yellow Corn, Caramel Malted Rye, and Chocolate Malted Rye. Fermentation: 7 days. Cooperage: 53-gallon charred oak barrels. Unfiltered. Age: 3 years old. Batch size: 6-10 barrels. Batch: 21H13R.

Nose: Cinnamon, cedar boughs, and mint.

Mouth: Spicy cinnamon, cedar, mint, and dry oak.

Finish: Sweet. Like Icy Hot, this is both warm and cool on the finish. Notes of cinnamon, black tea, mint, and Rye malt.

Thoughts: I am on the record as not being a fan of Whiskeys that use malted rye. This whiskey makes me rethink the absoluteness of that position. I really like this! I'm thinking that the addition of rye malts roasted to the caramel and chocolate levels is at least partly the cause of that. This still has the rye malt flavors, but it isn't as sharp and funky as others I've had. It's sweet, savory, spicy, and just really good. So much so that I wish I'd bought two bottles.

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Woodford Reserve Rye, Liquor Barrel-MN Selection

September 7, 2021 Eric Burke

IMAGE: A Bottle of Woodford Reserve Rye, sitting on a railing. This bottle was a private selection by Liquor Barrel-MN.

My wife and I have birthdays this week and it has gotten me to thinking: relationships are hard. My wife and I have been married almost 25 years and it still takes work. When people find out how long I’ve been married, they inevitably all ask the same question: “what’s the secret?” And honestly, I used to have a hard time answering it. I’d joke that we were just both too stubborn to walk away when things got tough. And in fact, that is kinda true. We are both competitive by nature and when we were young, neither of us wanted to let the other “win” by being the one to walk away from an argument. Instead we’d fight until we were exhausted and then be forced to talk.

But that isn’t the answer that people are looking for. And it isn’t the real one anyway. After 20+ years, I’ve learned there is a simple answer. And it is twofold. The first part is to actually like each other. The old Boomer joke of “take my wife, please” is more than a bit upsetting to me. When I worked in an office and heard people at lunch saying things like “road trip? no thank you, I could never be around my husband (or wife) that long” I couldn’t understand them. I really like being around my wife. She is my best friend. I’d take an evening with her over any number of nights out with “the guys.”

The second part of the answer is empathy. I don’t cheat, never have, and never will. I can’t imagine the hurt on her face if she found out. Even though I am very competitive, I try to think about what “winning” will cost. When I’m angry, I try very hard to think about how much whatever it is that I’m about to say or do will hurt my friend. And she does the same. And because of that, we’ve both realized that there are some battles that just do not need to be fought.

That of course doesn’t mean we don’t get into arguments. We do. More than either of us would like. But because deep down we really like one another and because of empathy, and trying to see things from the other person’s perspective, we get through them. This really has nothing to do with whiskey, but it has been on my mind this week as I prepare for our first “real” vacation with just each other that we’ve had since before Covid.

So with that out of the way, let’s take a look at tonight’s whiskey. Not too much to say about this one. I was wandering through my local corner liquor store and I noticed that they had a barrel pick of Woodford Reserve Rye. As I’d never run across one of those before, I decided to pick it up. And so here we are.

Woodford Reserve Rye, Liquor Barrel-MN Selection

Purchase Info: $34.99 for a 750 mL bottle at Viking Liquor Barrel in Prior Lake, MN.

Price per Drink (50 mL): $2.33

Details: 45.2% ABV. Selection date: 5-28-21

Nose: Brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves, and herbal mint.

Mouth: Spicy. More tingle than I'd normally expect from Woodford. Follows the nose with brown sugar, honey, molasses, clove, cinnamon, and herbal mint.

Finish: Gentle and on the shorter side of medium. Notes of clove, cinnamon, and herbal mint.

Thoughts: These guys usually do a pretty good job with their barrel picks, but I'm not tasting that much difference here between this and the standard Woodford Rye release. It's good, just nothing to write home about. I like it though. Happy with the pick-up. I’ll probably try a pick by someone else just to see if my store just wanted a bottle that tasted like the standard or if they are all that way and that profile was all they were offered.

Stellum Rye

August 5, 2021 Eric Burke

Sometimes one thing just leads to another, you know? You can wake up in the morning thinking to yourself that you have nothing to do, nowhere to go, and that there is nothing on your calendar. And then you can end the day having spent $450 on a meat grinder and another $120 on whiskey. And that was me last Saturday.

I woke up Saturday morning. Early of course because hungry dogs had me up at 5:30 am. I groaned and tried to convince them to go back to sleep, to no avail. So the only thing to do was see if my wife would make us coffee while I took the pups out to go potty. It has been so dry in Minnesota that I think the only moisture my lawn gets is from the dogs urinating on it. Which probably means that the lawn is done for. But at least the weeds are still green. So there’s that.

As I was cleaning up after the dogs, my wife came out to add something to the ol’ honey-do list. She said, “remember to do some research on a meat grinder today.” Now, as you might expect from someone who does what I’m doing right now, I like to do research on the internet. I find reading reviews, combing through forums, and looking at specs to be fun and enjoyable. And I’ve been smoking a lot of meat lately. Which means I have a freezer full of trimmings. So looking at a meat grinder to turn those trimmings into tasty food was something I was looking forward to.

As I finished my research, I realized that my local Fleet-Farm had the model I was looking for. In-stock and on sale. You know I decided to brave the smoke outside and go get it. And of course, Fleet-Farm is right by a local Municipal Liquor store. It’s a small store, they don’t have everything, but they try to make their selection complement that of the Total Wine up the road by carrying items that Total Wine doesn’t. So I decided that since I was out braving the smoke anyway, it would be a waste of a trip if I didn’t stop in.

And that is where I found tonight’s whiskey. And one of next week’s as well. I picked up the Stellum Rye and the Stellum Bourbon, but I’m going to stretch the content out as much as I can. Stellum is a brand created by the makers of Barrell Bourbon. It is a cask-strength, non-chill filtered blend of Straight whiskeys from Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. According to an interview conducted by Fred Minnick with Barrell founder Joe Beatrice, the constituent whiskeys are between four and ten years old. And according to the Stellum website, the rye we are exploring tonight is made mostly of the 95% rye Indiana mashbill with small amounts of more “barley forward rye and choice barrels from both Kentucky and Tennessee.” The suggested retail price is $54.99 and should be available on an ongoing basis in 45 markets across the US.

I am a big fan of MGP’s 95% rye whiskey, especially at cask strength, and while they didn’t confirm that the 95% Rye from Indiana that they used was actually from MGP, I’m just going to go on the assumption that it is. So I was very excited to taste this one. Let’s see how it tastes.

Stellum Rye

Purchase Info: $52.99 for a 750 mL bottle at Lakeville Liquors, Lakeville, MN

Price per Drink (50 mL): $3.53

Details: 58.12% ABV. Distilled in Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

Nose: Cooked cereals, mint, cinnamon, clove, and maple.

Mouth: Very hot in the mouth. Notes of honey, cherry, mint, cinnamon, and tobacco.

Finish: Spicy and warm. Medium length. Notes of cinnamon, mint, and brown sugar.

Thoughts: I'm really digging this one. As I said, I'm a big fan of the MGP 95/5 Rye recipe and am very glad that they made it the star of this blend. The other parts of the blend work to add sweetness and round off the sharp edges that 95/5 can sometimes come with. Big fan. I really like this one. I highly recommend it if you want a high-proof variation on MGP-style 95% rye.

Michter's US-1 Kentucky Straight Rye

July 22, 2021 Eric Burke

IMAGE: Front Label of Michter’s US-1 Rye. Single Barrel. 42.4% ABV.

As I get older, I occasionally find myself getting nostalgic for days gone by. Sometimes it is for when I was a kid in the early 80s, playing my friend’s Atari 2600. (I mean, Pitfall was awesome and I’d go visit him just to play it.) Sometimes it is for when I was newly married in the late 90s and my kid was young. This past weekend though the nostalgia hit a little closer to the current day. I was in the liquor store picking up a couple of bottles of cocktail whiskey when I noticed a bottle of Michter’s Rye sitting there.

Now when I was first getting into whiskey, Michter’s was one of my go-to Ryes. I was fascinated by the burgeoning craft distilling movement and found their story interesting. Of course, it was just a story. It was a complete fabrication. Instead of being the “oldest distillery in America” or whatever they were claiming back then, they didn’t even have a distillery and had instead appropriated the history of an abandoned trademark. And that left a bad taste in my mouth. Not literally, of course, I still liked their product but I just didn’t want to support it anymore. So yeah, I was nostalgic about when I was naive enough to believe the marketing. Whiskey felt romantic back then.

So I was standing in the store, feeling nostalgic, and decided to go ahead and grab that bottle of Michter’s Rye to use in cocktails for old time’s sake. I mean they have a functioning distillery now and have been distilling for themselves for a few years. And it is pretty silly to hold a grudge for a decade when all they did is tell a fanciful story. I mean Heaven Hill somehow gets away with telling people that Evan Williams was Kentucky’s first distiller and that Elijah Craig both somehow invented charring barrels in a fire that only burned the inside of the barrel and I never gave them too much grief about it.

Plus, maybe I’d been missing out on something all these years. I mean it was my go-to for a reason, right?

Michter's US-1 Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey

Purchase Info: $39.99 for a 750 mL bottle at Total Wine, Roseville, MN

Price per Drink (50mL): $2.67

Details: 42.4% ABV. Single Barrel #: 21A227

Nose: Wintergreen, cooked oatmeal, caramel.

Mouth: Thin mouthfeel. Spicy with cinnamon, wintergreen, and caramel.

Finish: Medium length and warmth. Lingering mint, cinnamon, caramel.

IMAGE: a neutral face because this is very meh.

Thoughts: This is... fine. It's ok neat, but nothing to write home about. It’s a good thing that I originally bought it as a cocktail rye because cocktails are where I will probably use most of it. As a cocktail rye, I like it. As a sipping rye, it gets a meh. It turns out, I wasn’t missing that much all these years. My palate has become more sophisticated along with my ability to sniff out crazy marketing stories, I guess.

Catoctin Creek Roundstone Rye Whisky: Distiller's Edition 92 Proof

June 14, 2021 Eric Burke

I am so excited. Tomorrow I get to pick up my 10-year-old niece so that Wednesday we can head off on her “Yay! You are 10!” trip. My wife and I did this for my brother’s oldest child when he turned 10 and have plans to do it for his youngest too. But this time around we are taking his middle child, and only girl. Our goal with this is to take the kids someplace where their parents can’t or won’t take them. To broaden their experiences and get them out of the small town they live in (because the small town I grew up in, and that my family still lives in, has quite a “small town attitude” if you know what I mean). And aside from giving them valuable life experiences as they are finally old enough to begin to comprehend it, the trip makes them feel special and grown-up. Plus we spoil them, of course, because that is what Aunts and Uncles are for.

A couple years ago, we asked her to pick where she wanted to go. At first she wanted to go to the ocean. Then the mountains. Finally she settled on the desert. Growing up in Northern Wisconsin, she has no idea why a trip to the desert in summer isn’t the greatest plan. But if the point is to go somewhere to broaden your experiences, going from an overabundance of water to a scarcity of it will be a good experience. So we are taking a trip to Utah to experience the National Parks, National Monuments, and National Recreation Areas.

It will be our first vacation since 2019 and we are super excited about it. But what does that have to do with the Catoctin Creek Whiskey up in the photo above? Absolutely nothing. I’m too excited about vacation to process much else. But that said, here is what the distillery has to say about the product:

Only one in every ten barrels gets selected to be in the Roundstone Rye "92 Proof" whisky. This whisky is the culmination of several years of planning. "For a few years now, we've been putting whisky away for storage," remarked Becky Harris, Chief Distiller and President of Catoctin Creek Distilling Company. "We pulled some of the more interesting barrels from the back of the barn and decided to release these at a higher proof: a whisky specially curated for flavor, while still being remarkably smooth, as is our existing 80 proof Roundstone."

A few notes on it. This is a 100% Rye Mash whiskey. Usually, that means I won’t care for it as I’m not really a fan of the flavor that malted rye brings to a drink. This is non-chill filtered which seems to be a trend lately. One I am enjoying seeing. Also, this is a single barrel product so my notes and yours may differ.

Catoctin Creek Roundstone Rye Whisky: Distiller's Edition 92 Proof

Purchase Info: $50.99 for a 750 mL bottle at Total Wine, Burnsville, MN

Price per Drink (50 mL): $3.40

Details: 46% ABV. Non-chill filtered. 100% Rye Mash. Single Barrel # 1894

Nose: Cinnamon, mint, nutmeg, and red fruit.

Mouth: Spicy with strong notes of nutmeg and cinnamon. Herbal mint and red fruit.

Finish: Medium length and warmth. Strong notes of spearmint and nutmeg.

Thoughts: If you are a fan of nutmeg, you will really like this one. I happen to be a nutmeg fan and was very pleasantly surprised to find nutmeg as the dominant note throughout the tasting experience. This worked well in a rye cocktail. I tried it in a Sazerac and it performed very nicely. I'm a fan and will probably be giving some of their other products a try in the near future.

Did you notice that this came out a day early? That is because BourbonGuy.com will be on vacation until June 28th. Regular posts will resume at that time. I’ll be traveling with a 10-year-old girl, who I adore. But she is still a 10-year-old girl so wish me luck.

Old Overholt 114 proof

June 10, 2021 Eric Burke

Old Overholt and Old GrandDad live in the same space in my mind. If you asked me to describe a hypothetical Old GrandDad Rye, it would be Old Overholt. They are both BeamSuntory brands that were purchased back when Beam swallowed National Distillers back in the 1980s. They were both pretty well ignored for a very long time with only sporadic marketing pushes. Both of the standard releases were 80 proof and bottom-shelf. Though Old GrandDad had a bonded release. Eventually, Old Overholt did as well. And for both of them, the Bonded was hands down better than the standard release.

Until very recently, one difference between the two was that Old GrandDad also had fan-favorite Old GrandDad 114. Something that until a couple of months ago, Old Overholt did not have. But now in addition to the new 114° proof release, Old Overholt Rye is getting a well-deserved push from owner BeamSuntory. The branding has been updated for the entire line. And even more exciting, the standard release got a proof bump from 80° proof to 86° proof.

Old Overholt used to be something that was easy to ignore. The 80 proof was a meh at best. After tasting all three over the weekend (114, Bonded, and the new 86° proof) I have to say I like where the brand is heading.

Old Overholt 114 proof

Purchase Info: $32.99 per bottle for a 750mL bottle, Ace Spirits, Hopkins, MN

Price per Drink (50mL): $2.20

Details: 4 years old. 57% ABV. Non-chill filtered.

Nose: Mint, savory herbs, vanilla, cherry.

Mouth: Starts with a nice spicy heat. Cinnamon, mint, weak black tea, and a touch of lemon zest.

Finish: Warm and on the longer side of medium length. Lingering notes of cinnamon and mint.

Thoughts: I really like this one. It is warm and spicy with a nice finish. Sippable neat, even at 114° proof. I didn't care for it in rye cocktails, but it added a nice spice to traditional bourbon cocktails. All in all, this is a very tasty whiskey.

Comparison to Bonded: The noses are basically identical. 114 is hotter and spicier on the mouth, the Bonded is sweeter. Both very good though.

Comparison to 86 proof: The noses are similar with 114 just being "more so." There is a big difference on the mouths, as you might have guessed. 114 is thicker in mouthfeel. It is warmer and spicier in the mouth, with more concentrated flavors. The new 86° proof is better than I remember the old 80° proof being, but it doesn't hold a candle to its higher proof siblings.

UPDATE: This post originally stated that the new 86° proof version had received an age bump because I’m a dumbass who apparently overlooks big BOLD type stating the words “THREE YEARS OLD” while looking for tiny type that says 36 months. Lol. Anyway that’s been fixed now.

Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Rye, Binny's Beverage Depot Private Selection

April 22, 2021 Eric Burke

IMAGE: A bottle of Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Rye, a private selection from Binny’s Beverage Depot, sitting in the late afternoon sun.

This was originally going to be part of last Thursday’s Jack Daniel’s post. Well, kinda. When I bought this, I was going to compare the two Binny’s Jack Daniel’s picks to one another, just as a curiosity. But when it was suggested that I compare the same expression as picked by different people, well, that idea was too much fun to pass up. And so the Single Barrel Rye got bumped.

Last December, when I took a quick road trip to Nothern Kentucky, the only stops I made on the way there and back were bio-breaks at rest areas, gas stops, and booze stops at liquor stores. I usually stop at the Bloomington, IL Binny’s on my way to Kentucky, but this time I also decided to stop at the one in Champaign, IL. I think it was cabin fever that pushed me to make that second stop. And I was rewarded with a table full of Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel store picks. I’d already picked up the “bourbon-mash” version in Bloomington so I grabbed the rye here.

I also stocked up on a few other goodies that haven’t made their way to Minnesota so, I mean, it wasn’t going to be a wasted stop regardless.

Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Rye, Binny's Beverage Depot Private Selection

Purchase Info: $59.99 for a 750 mL bottle at Binny’s Beverage Depot, Champaign, IL

Price per Drink (50 mL): $4.00

Details: Barrel #: 19-03664. Bottle Date: 6/5/19. Rick #: R-20

Nose: Cedar, bubble gum, mint, nutmeg, and cinnamon.

Mouth: Red fruits, mint, cinnamon, cedar, and oak.

Finish: Medium length and heat. Lingering notes of cinnamon, mint, and apricot.

Thoughts: The last few times I picked up a bottle of Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Rye, I haven't been as in love with it as I was when it first came out. This single barrel selection continues that trend. I do enjoy it quite a bit but it doesn't quite rise to the level of a heart rating. In fact, I've been enjoying the "bourbon-mash" style whiskies that we looked at last week much more than this one. This is fruitier and less spicy than those were, which is not something I would have expected between a Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel and any Rye whiskey. Still good though. Just not in love with it.

Wilderness Trail Private Selections from the Party Source

April 6, 2021 Eric Burke

Private Selections or Store Picks can be a contentious topic. On one hand, you don’t know what you are going to get. Depending on the store, and the person doing the choosing, you might get something that is only a little different than the standard release. Or worse, something you don’t like as much as the standard release. And that comes down to who is doing the picking and if their palate aligns with yours. Some stores go all out and do an in-person tasting even to choose barrels, some get multiple samples sent to them for them to choose from, and some just want a barrel, any barrel, and get one chosen for them.

Of course, on the other hand, you don’t know what you are going to get! The surprise and excitement are part of the fun. It’s like opening a pack of baseball cards when I was a kid. Sure you got a lot of commons but once in a while, there was something really special in the pack you bought.

Personally, I’m aware of the first point, but I’m driven to buy by the second point. I bought a lot of baseball cards when I was a kid. Right up to the point where I discovered music and girls and traded the entire collection for some cassette tapes and a few issues of Playboy that one of my friends had swiped from his older brother. By the time I got into collecting again, I was more into comic books than baseball. But I never got over the thrill of buying something and have it turn out better than expected.

I think that is why I pick up at least one bottle of almost every Store Pick I run across. It scratches that same itch that I had as a kid. I mean you never know what you are going to get. It might be good, but it could be great. And plus, it makes a fun souvenir when you are traveling.

And speaking of traveling, tonight I’ll be looking at a couple of whiskeys from Wilderness Trail that I purchased the last time I traveled a long distance. I picked up both of these whiskeys at the Party Source (Bellevue, KY) in December 2020 and the notes were tasted in a hotel room in Duluth last month.

I’m realizing now that those are the only two nights I’ve spent outside my house since last March and it is an odd coincidence that these whiskeys were part of both trips.

Anyway, I picked up a single barrel version of both the Settler’s Select Rye and the Black Label Bourbon which is usually their small-batch product. Here is what the distillery website has to say about each:

Our Small Batch release mash bill is 64 percent corn, 24 percent rye and 12 percent malted barley using our yeast strains. We entered the cooper select, toasted and #4 char barrel at 110 proof after coming off the still around 137 proof. [For] our Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskeys…our three-grain recipe is 56 percent rye, 33 percent corn and 11 percent malted barley. Our rye mash bill is one we created for a broader balance of flavor to offset the typical high ryes commonly found.

Wilderness Trail “Black Label” Bourbon, picked by "Lion's Share"

Purchase Information: $64.99 for a 750 mL bottle, The Party Source, Bellevue, KY

Price Per Drink (50 mL): $4.33

Details: 57.5% ABV. Barrel#: 15F01-4. Aged: 4 years, 3 months. Barrel: ISC#4 Char & Toasted. Rickhouse: E-S08R12. Yeast: FermPro1.

Nose: Cinnamon, brown sugar, herbal mint, and a hint of oak

Mouth: Nice and spicy. Notes of Caramel, cinnamon, crisp apple, and oak.

Finish: Warm and on the longer side of medium. Notes of black tea, cinnamon, and honey.

Thoughts: This is a fantastic bottle of bourbon. My first sip caused me to breathe: "Oh, that's good" under my breath. It's complex, spicy, sweet, and fruity with a wonderful finish. I'm not sure who "Lion's Share" is, but they picked a fantastic bourbon.

Wilderness Trail Settler's Select Rye, picked by the Party Source.

Purchase Information: $64.99 for a 750 mL bottle, The Party Source, Bellevue, KY

Price Per Drink (50 mL): $4.33

Details: 56.5% ABV. Barrel#: 15L21-2. Aged: 4 years, 5 months. Barrel: ISC #4 Char & Toasted. Rickhouse: A-N04A7. Yeast: FermPro1.

Nose: Dominant mint. Brown sugar, baking spice, and black tea.

Mouth: Mint, Cherry pipe tobacco, honey, and allspice.

Finish: Very warm and medium length. Very minty, cherry pipe tobacco, lots of spice, honey.

Thoughts: If I could give a standing ovation in writing, I would. I'm in love. This is delicious! Since I live nowhere near where I bought this, it is going on the special shelf to be had only occasionally. I love the pipe tobacco notes, the mint, the spice. I'd keep gushing but I think I've made my point.

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Chattanooga Whiskey 99 Rye

Woodford Reserve Rye, Liquor Barrel-MN Selection

Stellum Rye

Michter's US-1 Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey

Catoctin Creek Roundstone Rye Whisky: Distiller's Edition 92 Proof

Old Overholt 114 proof

Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Rye, Binny's Beverage Depot Private Selection

Wilderness Trail “Black Label” Bourbon, picked by "Lion's Share"

Wilderness Trail Settler's Select Rye, picked by the Party Source.