For the good old boys drinking whiskey and rye

YellowSnow

Chinteresting piece on Midwest Grain Products in IN which distills most of the craft rye whiskies you see on the shelves today. I've been aware of this for a few years, but found this guy to have a good take on the issue. I don't care personally so long as it tastes good and Bulleit Rye, High West, etc, are pretty tasty.

http://www.seriouseats.com/2015/09/best-whiskey-spirits-from-mpg.html

Pitchfork51

Nothing is lamer than people getting snobby over an mgp product that's good.

doogie

Costco doesn't 'make' wine?

Sledog

If it tastes good drink it!

Pitchfork51

That 95 rye mashbill is just great. Every couple months they have bullet rye for like 16.99 at total wine.

YellowSnow

Pitchfork51 said:

That 95 rye mashbill is just great. Every couple months they have bullet rye for like 16.99 at total wine.

Agree. Their 95% rye is a great product; I actually like it more than Bulleit's regular bourbon. It's more like $26.99 to $28.99 up in these parts with our outrageous liquor prices.

Southerndawg

YellowSnow said:

Pitchfork51 said:

That 95 rye mashbill is just great. Every couple months they have bullet rye for like 16.99 at total wine.

Agree. Their 95% rye is a great product; I actually like it more than Bulleit's regular bourbon. It's more like $26.99 to $28.99 up in these parts with our outrageous liquor prices.

Totally agree, I like their rye more than their bourbon, though both are good.

Toured Nelson's Green Brier Distillery earlier this year. Very interesting story behind the distillery. http://www.greenbrierdistillery.com/nelsonsgreenbrierhistory/

While getting their own operation up and running, they reached out to some master distillers and MGP to produce their signature product, Belle Meade Bourbon, a proprietary whiskey they made in the late 1800's for the Belle Meade Plantation, a horse racing stable at the time. https://enjoybellemeadebourbon.com/history/ .. Double gold medal swill, it's tasty in my opinion, but at a price point where there is a lot of competition.

Washington State is starting to get some traction in this area too. I've toured a few distilleries around Puget Sound. Some good, some need to keep working at it, but it's great to see small batch distillers making a go of it.

Cheers!

YellowSnow

Southerndawg said:

YellowSnow said:

Pitchfork51 said:

That 95 rye mashbill is just great. Every couple months they have bullet rye for like 16.99 at total wine.

Agree. Their 95% rye is a great product; I actually like it more than Bulleit's regular bourbon. It's more like $26.99 to $28.99 up in these parts with our outrageous liquor prices.

Totally agree, I like their rye more than their bourbon, though both are good.

Toured Nelson's Green Brier Distillery earlier this year. Very interesting story behind the distillery. http://www.greenbrierdistillery.com/nelsonsgreenbrierhistory/

While getting their own operation up and running, they reached out to some master distillers and MGP to produce their signature product, Belle Meade Bourbon, a proprietary whiskey they made in the late 1800's for the Belle Meade Plantation, a horse racing stable at the time. https://enjoybellemeadebourbon.com/history/ .. Double gold medal swill, it's tasty in my opinion, but at a price point where there is a lot of competition.

Washington State is starting to get some traction in this area too. I've toured a few distilleries around Puget Sound. Some good, some need to keep working at it, but it's great to see small batch distillers making a go of it.

Cheers!

I think the local distillers like Woodinville Whiskey will get there eventually; they just need more time. Their first bottles were only aged 2 years - albeit in 7 gal barrels - but the spirit was way too hot. Had some 4 year stuff recently that they've done in 53 gallon barrels and it's definitely getting better. Not so much of fan of the local Single Malt that Westland is putting out; it's too much of a departure from the flavor profile of Scotch that I enjoy and am accustomed too.