Peerless Kentucky Straight Rye 750 ml

Peerless Kentucky Straight Rye comes from Kentucky Peerless Distilling Co. in Louisville, a revival of a distillery that closed during Prohibition and didn't reopen until 2015. True to Peerless's small-batch approach, it's non-chill filtered and bottled at a proof well above the industry standard 80, aged in barrels a size smaller than most producers use, which speeds up wood contact and flavor extraction. Expect a spicy, assertive rye character with caramel, vanilla, and oak, and enough proof behind it to hold up over ice without going flat. It's built by a distillery that markets itself on doing everything — milling, fermenting, distilling, and bottling — under one roof. This bottle suits rye drinkers who want a genuinely small-batch, non-chill filtered whiskey rather than a mass-produced one.

How to drink Peerless Kentucky Straight Rye

Pour it neat or with one ice cube to let its higher proof and rye spice show, or build it into a Sazerac where that intensity has real purpose. It's strong enough to carry a cocktail rather than disappear into one.

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