At the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Rittenhouse Rye won the Double Gold Medal and was recognized as the North American Whiskey of the Year. Additionally, Wine Enthusiast gave it 94 points, making it one of the Top 50 Spirits of 2010. Additionally, Whisky Advocate called it the “Best Buy Whisky of the Year” and Whisky Magazine named it the Best North American Whisky.

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Tasting Notes

aroma of cocoa, with notes of vanilla and caramel, as well as toasted rye and wood spices. Sweeter flavors of vanilla, orange zest, and raisins counterbalance the palate’s dominant aromas of rich, deep chocolate, cloves, and spices. With hints of cocoa beans, baking spices, and allspice, the finish is lengthy and exquisite.

Concerning Rittenhouse Straight Rye Whisky

The British Royal Navy blocked American ports during the American Revolutionary War, preventing the colonists who later became revolutionaries from bringing essential supplies into the country. American distilleries that had been turning imported molasses from the Caribbean islands into rum started turning rye grains into rum as a result of the blockade.

The Monongahela Rye, a highly aromatic rye whisky named after the Monongahela River, which was located next to several distilleries, was produced by about 5,000 log stillhouses in Pennsylvania’s Fayette, Allegheny, Westmoreland, and Washington counties by the end of the war. Many of these distillers relocated south into Kentucky and Tennessee after the Whiskey Rebellion, a bloodless conflict sparked by an excise levy placed on distilled alcohol.

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