- Proof
- 92.5
- Age
- Not stated
- Style
- RyeStraight Rye Whiskey
- MSRP
- $39.99
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“A rye that keeps a large share of corn in the recipe, so clove and mint sit on a sweeter base.”
Tasting notes
- nose
- clove, anise and honeysuckle, with red currant, baked apple and dried fruit
- palate
- nutmeg and cinnamon, dried apricot, sweet mint and chocolate over a dark treacle sweetness
- finish
- long; leather, cinnamon stick and cedar, with rye spice lingering after the sweetness fades
Mash bill
- Rye64%
- Corn30%
- Malted barley6%
64% rye, 30% corn, 6% malted barley. It is the Nelson Brothers bourbon recipe with the corn and rye shares swapped. Many ryes run 90% rye grain or more; Green Brier kept 30% corn to bring sweetness under the spice. The whiskey was distilled at Bardstown Bourbon Company in Kentucky in 2016.
- Cask
- New charred American oak
Awards
- Double Gold — TAG Global Spirits Awards 2024
- Gold — ADI Judging of Craft Spirits 2024
- Platinum — ASCOT Awards 2024
- Platinum — SIP Awards 2024
- Silver — Bartender Spirits Awards 2024
Why it's craft
This is Green Brier's first rye, distilled at Bardstown Bourbon Company in 2016 and bottled in Nashville rather than made on its own stills. Its recipe flips the house bourbon's grains, which gives a rye with more corn sweetness than most. Charles Nelson's original Green Brier distillery in Robertson County was among the region's largest whiskey producers before prohibition closed it in 1909; the revived company has been wholly owned by Constellation Brands since 2024.
Nelson's Green Brier Distillery
Corporate-owned · Est. 2009 · Tours