- Proof
- 94
- Age
- 5 yr
- Style
- RyeStraight Rye Whiskey
- Street price
- $45.99
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“A five-year straight rye that marries two Lawrenceburg rye recipes, one nearly all rye and one heavy with corn.”
Tasting notes
- nose
- caramel and bright rye spice, with white pepper, mint and a note of red berries
- palate
- fruit-forward, with ripe summer fruit, caramelized sugar, vanilla and baked bread over a smoky, peppery spice
- finish
- fairly short; rye spice and pepper hold on with muted vanilla and seasoned oak, drying to a touch of leather
Mash bill
A blend of several whiskeys, so no single grain split.
95% rye and 5% malted barley, blended with 51% rye, 45% corn and 4% malted barley; the share of each recipe is not published. The first recipe is almost entirely rye, while in the second corn makes up nearly half the mash. The 95% rye recipe is bold and floral, with nutmeg, cinnamon and mint behind the spice; the 51% recipe is sweeter, with fruit, mint, caramel and vanilla.
- Cask
- New charred oak
- Best served
- in a Manhattan or a whiskey sour
Why it's craft
George Ross opened the Lawrenceburg, Indiana distillery that makes Rossville Union in 1847, and by 1902 it could store 60,000 barrels of whiskey. The distillery also makes whiskey for other companies to bottle under their own names; Rossville Union is a rye it bottles itself. Master Crafted blends two of its rye recipes, and the label states the age and the number of barrels in the batch, 24 for this one.
Ross & Squibb Distillery
Corporate-owned · Est. 1847