Mammoth Distilling & Co Limited Release Northern Rye No 01 750 ml

Mammoth Distilling makes whiskey in northern Michigan, and Northern Rye No 01 is the first in a limited series built around rye grown in that part of the state. Rye gives the spirit its shape, dry and herbal and peppery where a bourbon would be sweet, and time in oak rounds the edges without burying the grain. On the nose, caraway, orchard fruit and vanilla. The palate runs to baking spice, dark honey and toasted cereal, and the finish is dry, with mint and cracked pepper lingering. Small releases like this rarely repeat. Drink it neat to read the grain, or let it carry a Manhattan.

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