I love rye whiskey and want to buy a really great bottle of it for special occasions. I’ve had Angel’s Envy rye and loved it, but want to know of others that I haven’t tried/maybe lesser known. Since it’s for special occasions, $100-$200 price range is fine.

  • motherr@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    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.

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    15 hours ago

    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.

  • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
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    16 hours ago

    100 to 200 dollars for rye gets you top shelf (if any of it can be considered that good) in Canada. Where are you?