OMG I thought you meant bread flour.
I am usually a bourbon girl.
But Redwood Empire Emerald Giant is my favorite rye, so good for the price, gorgeous bottle label and not well known; and the cocktails community here at lemmy.world might also enjoy discussing this.
Light with caraway seeds
Have you tried Bulleit Rye?
It’s cheap ($35) but quite good. I always bring a bottle to family gatherings because my SIL makes a mean Manhattan and that’s her preferred brand.
I used to buy spirits for a handful of restaurants/bars and since no one has really answered your question yet I'll suggest a few.
-Whistle Pig is great and widely available. There's a handful of old world, single barrel, speciality bottlings that are quite nice. I didn't much care for the Madeira one personally but others seem to really like it -Jefferson's ocean aged -michters barrel strength -heaven hill grain to glass -very olde St Nick (I've only tried 8yr, summer, and harvest) -willet family 7yr
Above $100, in my opinion, you quickly hit diminishing returns. There's honestly little reason to think $180 bottle is better than $100. If you can find it, it's never a bad idea to try it first at a bar or liquor store that offers that.
Lot 40, because it's Canadian. It's also 100% rye, no corn.
EH Taylor Straight Rye is an excellent rye for about $80
Otherwise Rittenhouse Rye Bottled-in-bond is a great $25 drinker
My favorite rye is by Rocker. They are in Colorado, and do not distribute nationally, unfortunately. The distiller is going for a niche, local market, he tells me.
Anyhow, all other rye whiskeys taste ‘thin’ in comparison. Super rich and super sippable.
Whatever Boas drinks in the old mill would be my recommendation
Oh! Good call on both 😁 I'll look for that bottle and also ask the community
My favorite rye is also the worst one.
Old Grandad.
Go-tos when out and about are Michter's and Templeton. A bit harder to find is Alley 6 and Redwood Empire.
Slowly working through bottles picked up on trips. San Diego Distillery and Woodinville near Seattle. There are a lot of good, local ones.
At home, it's good old Bulleit.
Couple ryes got mention in this article about top ranked bourbons of this year.
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Marble
High West Double Rye is really good for the price.
Rittenhouse and Elijah Craig. Somewhat accessible and are a good step up from your more accessible ryes.
100 to 200 dollars for rye gets you top shelf (if any of it can be considered that good) in Canada. Where are you?
Whatever kind rhymes with American Pie.
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