Middle West Spirits Double Cask Collection Ported Pumpernickel Rye Whiskey
- Grain to glass
- Limited
- Proof
- 99.5
- Age
- 5 yr
- Style
- RyeRye Whiskey aged in French Tawny Port Casks
- MSRP
- $99.99
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“Dark pumpernickel rye finished in French Tawny Port casks, like a rye-flour fruitcake.”
Tasting notes
- nose
- rose petal and dark molasses, then red licorice, prune, vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon, with a note of old coffee grounds
- palate
- stone fruit, overripe plum and vanilla pudding, moving to cinnamon-raisin toast, ginger chews and spiced rye
- finish
- butter pecan and a port-wine reduction, drying toward granola, dried fruit and black walnut
Mash bill
Full grain split not published.
80% dark pumpernickel rye, with non-GMO yellow corn, Ohio soft red winter wheat and two-row malted barley making up the rest; the split of those three is not published. Dark pumpernickel is a rare rye variety that Middle West chose for its softer spice. The three other grains round it into a four-grain rye before the port casks add their fruit.
- Cask
- Toasted and charred new American white oak
- Finish
- 12 to 24 months in French oak Tawny Port casks
Awards
- Double Gold — Pr%f Awards 2024
- Gold — American Spirits Council of Tasters 2023
Why it's craft
Middle West takes its dark pumpernickel rye, the grain at the heart of its whiskey, and finishes it in French oak casks that held Tawny Port for at least seven years. The rye is distilled in Columbus on a Vendome column still with a doubler and spends about five years in toasted, charred oak before the port casks. The distillery has made its whiskey in Columbus since 2008.
Middle West Spirits
Independent · Est. 2008 · Tours