Orphan Barrel describes this release on the side label saying: Coming across a 14-year-old Rye is rare

Sipping late in the glass offers some sweet honey butter tones that remind me of the legendary old Clynelish

Pete recently shared a side by side of the old, original label next to the new one.

surrounded by my toothsome theater snacks now; Mansfield maple drops, buttered popcorn, and Goetze old-fashioned

vanilla Sweet fig; almost red wine Something really funky; approaches a light vinegar note Definite old

Sugar cookies loaded with buttercream frosting twinkle perpetually on the taste buds like the stars do

If you've ever visited an old mill of any kind (textile, shoemaker, you name it) you'll know what I mean

Think old, dusty oak, leather, black pepper, and decaying linen—a characteristic I attribute to the degradation

Percentages: 60% Corn, 36% Rye, 4% Malted Barley Proof: 112.4° Age: NAS (Undisclosed blend of 4 to 12 year old

Final Guess: Old Elk Wheat Whiskey, 114.5 proof, aged 6 years (MGP distillate, 95% wheat / 5% malted

It kind of smells like old people (in a nostalgic, nice way).

rather than repenting and striving to make better bourbon, they chose to shut down the best of the old