![]() This whiskey delivers a complex nose with notes of sugar, molasses, toffee and cocoa. This whiskey can be tough to track down, but if you can find it and are willing to pay the premium price it commands (the suggested retail price is $100), it’s reliably great every year. We found this year’s Michter’s Barrel Strength Rye to be exceptional. Best Rye Whiskey: Michter’s Barrel Strength Rye Read our full review of Heaven Hill Heritage Collection 17 Year here. Retailing for just under $300, this whiskey is worth the pricetag and features an enticing, fruit-forward nose, a sweet, rich, decadent and viscous palate and a spicy finish. The secret to this release is the composition of much older whiskey, and it shows in bringing the additional complexity that balances each element so nicely. ![]() ![]() Best Bourbon: Heaven Hill Heritage Collection 17 Yearĭistilled by Heaven Hill using a mashbill composed of 78% corn, 10% rye and 12% malted barley, this spectacular bourbon was evidence that Heaven Hill can still push out hyper-aged whiskeys the way it used to.īottled at 118.2 proof, this is a blend of 28% 17-year bourbon, 44% 19-year bourbon and 28% 20-year bourbon. Our favorite of the Starlight whiskeys we reviewed this year was its Double Oaked Bourbon. This producer has a great handle on what bourbon drinkers are looking for in 2022 and is always experimenting. Starlight has really taken off and made unbelievable improvements. “I was like, ‘this is the worst thing I’ve ever had. “I’m really surprised to be talking about this producer, because years ago, I had one of their first products, and I swore that I would never drink anything from this distillery again,” Whiskey Raiders Editor in Chief and Spirits Critic Jay West said on a recent episode of the Whiskey Raiders Podcast. Read More: With a Former Politician and a Nike Designer on Board, Blue Run Spirits is Attacking the Booze Game in its Own Wayīest Craft Producer: Starlight Distilleryīorden, Indiana’s own Starlight Distillery is a true comeback story. ![]() With Rutledge and Wild Turkey alum Shaylyn Gammon on board, Blue Run is on a tear and shows no signs of slowing down. In September, Bloomberg named Blue Run one of 2022’s 50 most innovative startups in the U.S. Blue Run knocked it out of the park again in October with the launch of Alpine Meadows Bourbon, a member of its Flight Series. The release that sold us on Blue Run this year was batch 1 of its High Rye Bourbon, a four-year-old expression that drinks much older and was produced under the guidance of former Four Roses master distiller Jim Rutledge. In August, the company announced plans to move from bottler to distiller status by building a $51 million distillery. Distilled at Castle & Key, Blue Run launched a wild amount of whiskey this year and is on a rip-roaring trajectory. While this brand technically launched in 2020, Blue Run Spirits truly burst onto the whiskey scene in a major way in 2022, and we tried Blue Run for the first time in January of this year.īlue Run catches some flak from many whiskey heads for being a newcomer with high price tags, but make no mistake, Blue Run is here to stay, and the brand is doing terrific work.
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