- Proof
- 93
- Age
- Not stated
- Style
- RyeStraight Rye Whiskey
- MSRP
- $39.00
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“The flagship rye that Sagamore distills itself, combining a high-rye and a low-rye whiskey in 20-barrel batches.”
Tasting notes
- nose
- Honey and vanilla lead, with brown sugar, caramel, cherry and an almond-liqueur note over rye grain
- palate
- Golden apple and peach rest on caramel and honey, with baking spices, toasted grain and a light cedar edge
- finish
- Warm spice and honey linger over mild, dry seasoned oak, with faded apple and a light black pepper tail as it dries out
Mash bill
Full grain split not published.
A high-rye recipe of rye and malted barley, and a low-rye recipe of rye, corn and malted barley; the percentages are not published. The two are mashed, distilled and aged separately and then combined, a pairing the distillery uses to recreate the balanced Maryland rye style. The corn in the low-rye recipe is non-GMO corn grown on Sagamore Farm.
- Cask
- New charred American white oak, 53-gallon
- Best served
- in an Old Fashioned or Manhattan
Awards
- Gold — Bartender Spirits Awards 2024
Why it's craft
Small Batch, launched in 2024, was Sagamore's first fully Maryland-made whiskey sold worldwide, replacing earlier ryes built on Indiana-distilled stock. Sagamore mashes and triple-distills both recipes itself in Baltimore, uses corn from Sagamore Farm for the low-rye whiskey, and bottles each 20-barrel batch by hand without chill filtration. The company was founded in 2013 and has been majority-owned by Disaronno Group (formerly Illva Saronno) since 2023.
Sagamore Spirit
Majority-owned · Est. 2013 · Tours