Rittenhouse Rye 100 Proof
Added on Friday, Jan 19, 2007 at 07:26 AM
  Bottler: Heaven Hill
  Age: N/A Type: American
  Vintage: N/A Subtype: Rye
  ABV: 50.00 % Region: Kentucky
  Price: $20 Availability: Wide
Member Ratings and Notes
Adam
 
Mildly sweet nose, sweet palate without much spice, finishes a bit hot but otherwise well.  Easy to drink and good.  
AS
 
Watery, tobacco, big alcohol at the end of the minimal nose not much other aroma.  Slightly sweet licorice and cigar flavors, minimal evidence of rye.   
Chris
 
A fairly respectable rye for the $, good nose, palate is a bit faint, but then finishes strong and long. 
DW
 
Cheap! Very thin, short to no finish. Burns a bit, but not enjoyable at all.  
GL
 
Sweet, but bold.  Weak nose, stronger palate.  Good.  
JH
 
Thin, watery, no nose, no kick.  Unimpressive to my palate.  Somewhat unpleasant tobacco aftertaste.   
JS
 
Taste is thin, but very drinkable.  Finish is mild for a rye.  
Sku
 
Nose:  Lots of herbal/botanical notes.
Palate:  Strong herbal, almost gin like flavors:  juniper, anise, fennel, rye with some background sweetness. 
Finish:  Now, more Bourbon flavors, but still pretty heavy on the herbals.

I think this stuff is more aggressive than older versions.  Note that while it's distilled by Heaven Hill, it's actually distilled at Brown-Forman, where all of Heaven Hill's rye has been distilled since the 1996 fire, though that is supposed to change as of mid-2011. 
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