Antique Rye Tasting Notes and Ratings.

Antique Rye

Added on Thursday, Feb 19, 2015 at 11:34 AM

Bottler:

Frankfort Distilleries

Age:	8 yrs	Type:	American
Vintage:	1932	Subtype:	Rye
ABV:	50.00 %	Region:	Kentucky
Price:	N/A	Availability:	Collectors Only

Bottled in Bond, Bottled by Frankfort Distilleries, Produced by Jefferson County Distillery Co. likely at the A. Ph. Stitzel Distiller Distilled Fall 1932 Bottled Fall 1940

Member Ratings and Notes

Sku

The nose has lots of rye and those great old sandalwood notes that old ryes tend to have. It then develops some perfume notes. The first thing you get on the palate is rye spice, then a very medicinal, spicy note, and then it just cascades. This is like eating Oaxacan black mole in that it's so densely flavored that you need to concentrate to pick out individual notes. There's clove, unsweetened cocoa, Zinfandel, black licorice...all kinds of stuff. It trails off with the medicinal notes which initially leave you with a bitter, medicinal finish. Over the course of the very long finish, though, the bitterness fades and leaves a nice spicy note.

I love the complexity of this rye, but the medicinal notes in the late palate and early finish were a bit strong for me. Still, it's a fun taste of the last years of prohibition.

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