Rittenhouse is one of the best values in the world of whiskey, imo. Pikesville Rye is the older version of Rittenhouse. Seen it around for under $50, and heard it's great, but haven't gotten around to buying one for myself yet.

Pikesville should run you $40-$45 and is fantastic. One of my favorites at any price point. The regular Michters is pretty good for that price range as well.

I actually just bought a bottle of woodford rye for the first time. It is a really nice pour! Somehow I never tried it before but saw it on sale and thought what the hell. Seriously surprised me as I have never heard it mentioned by anyone

Guess I need to try some Pikesville if I like rye

Pikesville is my favorite, easy to find rye.

My favorite I can usually find easily is Russels Reserve Single Barrel Rye

Baby Saz is hard to beat

CharlieBrown17 said:

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What are y'alls favorite rye whiskeys?

Have bottles of baby saz and rittenhouse I've enjoyed.

looking to stay under 50 or so, would stretch up a little but not much.

ETA pretty sure I know where I can grab a barrel pick High West Double Rye if anyone has an opinion on that bottle

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Is the HW Double Rye finished in a secondary barrel? Most of the port and wine barrel finishes have been pretty good. I had one finished in a peated scotch barrel that was interesting, but definitely not for everyone.

Pikesville is currently my favorite generally available rye. Russels Reserve is another good one.

So looks like Pikesville is the way to go.

The Double Rye says it was finished in a barrel from a barreled Manhattan for 13 months.

Go easy on him. He sound ignorant of the bourbon life and he's likely very sleep deprived.

My friend is the head distiller here. Keep an eye on them...

https://weisswhiskey.com/

Thoughts on Henry McKenna single barrel 10 year bottled in bond?

I found it meh but know many who swear by it. For the price point I prefer Four Roses small batch or single barrel, Evan Williams Single Barrel, or Rowan's Creek. It's fine but I thought it was pretty forgettable.

I love McKenna 10, great daily drinker

Well played

prisschris said:

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My friend is the head distiller here. Keep an eye on them...

https://weisswhiskey.com/

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Valentine Wiess was my first cousin 4x removed. I emailed back and forth with them a while back and he gave me the backstory on things. Kinda wish he would have kept the last name spelling correct instead of changing it up for marketing

CrottyKid said:

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Thoughts on Henry McKenna single barrel 10 year bottled in bond?

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One dimensional and hot. It's why it's still available on the shelf.

Anyone ever had Redwood Empire?

Went ahead and grabbed a bottle of Pikesville today. Will crack into sometime this week

Don't know how widespread it is but Specs in college station has two different Whistlepig 10 year rye store picks. One is 117 proof and one is 122. I grabbed a 122, higher proof and a lot darker

Why are store picks more desirable than regular bottles? Isn't the only difference a sticker on the side?

Far from it, store picks are where you find value in today's bourbon market.

Way I see it it's an easy way to find single barrel bourbons from producers that may normally have tough-to-find single barrel bottles.

Also a cool way to support your local store. A win win if you like both the store and bourbon,

And depending on who did the picking, it's usually better than the standard bottle. Or at least different tasting.

In the case of that whistle pig the normal bottling is 10 year and 100 proof. My bottle is 10 year 122 proof and was the same price

CrottyKid said:

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Why are store picks more desirable than regular bottles? Isn't the only difference a sticker on the side?

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Depends on the quality of the store doing the picking.

With a store pick, the store gets to choose their own barrel of that particular bourbon, have the whole barrel bottled up, and sell the whole barrel in their store(s). If the store has someone who really knows their stuff doing the barrel picking, you can get some really great stuff at really great priced.

If the picker doesn't really know what they're doing, the store pick is probably going to be on par with the non-store pick version at best, maybe a step down if they choose one of lesser barrels set to go into the upcoming batch.

Find a good store that knows their stuff, and you can get some really good stuff for low prices.

FYI, Liquor Barn really knows their stuff when it comes to bourbon. Perks of being the locals I guess. They have some really, really good store picks.

Well said

Just find bottles from a barrel I helped pick, and you'll find good bourbon.

CrottyKid said:

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Why are store picks more desirable than regular bottles? Isn't the only difference a sticker on the side?

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CharlieBrown17 said:

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Went ahead and grabbed a bottle of Pikesville today. Will crack into sometime this week

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Took my last PT test before commissioning this morning so its Pikesville tonight to celebrate.

Some good fruit, cherry or similar in the nose along with a familiar rye spice

Sweeter and more syrup in the mouth than I expected, I would personally like a more little spice in the mouth but it drinks way lower than 110 proff

Moderate finish with a good rye spice note that lingers along with a little vanilla.

Damn good pour and glad I have a bottle to dip into every now and then

Didn't see this posted.

https://www.masterofmalt.com/blog/post/shipping-to-the-usa.aspx

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Ok, there's no way to sugar coat this, so we're just going to come right out and say it as of today, we're stopping delivery to the US.

We'd love to be able to have some idea how and if this is going to change in the future, but we just don't want to give any false hope.

Suffice to say, 2 things are true:

You guys in the USA are extremely important to us, and we are *incredibly* sorry about this.
We are working very hard on ways to be able to provide services again with the help of wholesale and retail partners based in-country.

Thank you for all your incredible support over the years.

The Chaps at Master of Malt

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InBev with another win.