Puff Daddy
Number of posts: 5538
Age: 49
Location: South of heaven
Tobacco: Mostly simple burleys these days
Pipe: Stanwells and Petersons
Registration date: 2007-12-09
 | | Subject: Bulleit Rye 95 Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:32 pm | |
| First sips as I write this. Saw it on sale at Trader Joes for less than $20 so I felt it was a sign, gotta try it. 95% rye, 5% barley, distilled by a contract distillery in Indiana for Bulleit (Who is now nothing more than another purchased brand under the Diageo umbrella), reported to have between 4 and 7 years age on it before bottling. It's damned unusual. Has herbal gin-like notes under a heavy citrus presence, a bit of peppery heat, dry and very clean on the nose and palate. Sipped in a Glancairn glass with a couple of drops of water (90 proof). This is one of the better rye's I've ever had 
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Carlos
Number of posts: 4983
Age: 55
Location: Chestnut, IL
Tobacco: GLP Renaissance
Pipe: Brian Ruthenberg Sandblasts
Registration date: 2007-12-10
| | Subject: Re: Bulleit Rye 95 Sun Mar 24, 2013 6:03 pm | |
| | Puff Daddy wrote: | First sips as I write this. Saw it on sale at Trader Joes for less than $20 so I felt it was a sign, gotta try it.
95% rye, 5% barley, distilled by a contract distillery in Indiana for Bulleit (Who is now nothing more than another purchased brand under the Diageo umbrella), reported to have between 4 and 7 years age on it before bottling.
It's damned unusual. Has herbal gin-like notes under a heavy citrus presence, a bit of peppery heat, dry and very clean on the nose and palate. Sipped in a Glancairn glass with a couple of drops of water (90 proof). This is one of the better rye's I've ever had |
Oh yeah, baby! sunny Just before Christmas I have been picking up a bottle that catches my eye at the local discount liquor store. Having had Bulleit Bourbon, I saw this Rye sitting next to it and had to try it. Mighty fine. Citrus, honey, and spice. The faintest bit of oak. I drink it on the rocks. Sacrilege, I know.  But I like it that way. _________________  Current pen & ink. 1930's Replica Pelikan M101N Tortoise Shell - Med Nib Ink = J. Herbin - Éclat de Saphir |
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Tim_Haggerty
Number of posts: 411
Age: 52
Location: Pittsburgh
Tobacco: Lots. Mostly English.
Pipe: These days, my RAD Davis Bulldog. Big Ser Jacs rock.
Registration date: 2010-06-11
| | Subject: Re: Bulleit Rye 95 Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:41 pm | |
| Grabbed a bottle of this last week by mistake, luckily; it was misfiled on the bourbon shelf in my local State Store. It's quite nice, and now I'm interested in Ryes, so it was a happy error. |
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