This last meetup was no different when I got two of the High Rye 12 day holiday single barrel releases

Blue Fish Glencairn Nose: Malty, salty Caramel forward Rich chocolate Lovely vanilla char Corn chips Palate: High flying, intense vanilla Dried plums, raisins and cherry dance well on the tongue A cool, melting unique start to this; it's like a coffee bean got ground into a piece of oak Cacao forward and quite malty

Collection that was distilled in the spring of 2013 and matured in Warehouses K, M, and N Nose: Savory malt There's a cooling tingle in my gums from the mint flavors that are more of a background feeling than

Hints of strawberry immediately fall through the floor and a heavy, dank malty spice replaces it.

1795 addition of Kentucky was the first state west of the Appalachians, in a 3-state region known as America's

(Distilled at Midleton Distillery) Whiskey Type: Finished Irish Whiskey Mash Bill Percentages: 100% Malted

Rye Whiskeys Mash Bill Percentages: Undisclosed proportions of 95% Rye, 5% Barley and 80% Rye, 20% Malted Sea salt encrusted caramel chews begin to pervade my senses. The citrus characteristics of the rye rise up in a tingling wave of lemon squeezed into a glass of tea

I find a good bit of malty funk as the glass opens up. Time for a sip. My last sip is lively with pear coming through again, a tingle of cinnamon in the center of my tongue

Malty nose; smells like this is going to be heavy and syrupy.

Distilling Co Whiskey Type:  Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey Mash Bill Percentages:  51% rye, 37% corn, 12% malted Honey sweetness and melted butter on toasted bread form a base layer on the taste buds before a kiss of spice leaves a tingling sensation skittering across the tongue like a waterbug. Aerating a second sip offers far more texture and depth as salt, pie dough, sweet glazed doughnut, caramel The tingle is real with Brook Hill, while the impossibly long linger of the Triumph lands like a hug,

From my most recent experience with Barrell Seagrass, to Dovetail, to the amazing single barrels that

Taylor Single Barrel) and then a big drop of cinnamon hots that expands from the center of my tongue