Smooth Ambler Old Scout Single Barrel Cask Strength Straight Rye 4 Yr 750ml

Smooth Ambler Old Scout Single Barrel Cask Strength Rye is a 4-year-old straight rye whiskey from a 95% rye, 5% malted barley mash bill, distilled in Indiana and bottled by Smooth Ambler in Maxwelton, West Virginia. Each release comes from one barrel rather than a blended batch, and it's bottled at cask strength — whatever proof the barrel gave up, with no water added. Expect a nose of sweet caramel and baking spice over rye grain, with toasted oak, dark fruit, and black pepper filling out the palate, and a long, warming finish that carries the spice through. Because it's single barrel, no two bottlings taste identical, which is part of the appeal for rye drinkers chasing something with real barrel character.

How to drink Smooth Ambler Old Scout Rye

Add a splash of water before you taste it neat — cask strength rye opens up fast once it's cut down a bit, and the spice stays intact. It also makes an excellent Manhattan or Sazerac, where the high rye content and proof cut through vermouth and bitters instead of disappearing into them.

WhiskyMash bill: 95% rye, 5% malted barley · Indiana