Hudson Manhattan Rye Whiskey

Product of: United States

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The first rye whiskey to be made in New York State since prohibition - well legally anyway - Hudson Manhattan Rye Whiskey is pot-distilled from 100% rye grain, matured in small new oak casks in New York state.

Each hand-filled and numbered apothecary-style bottle is finished with a natural cork stopper and wax seal which must be cut with a knife to open. Bottled without chill filtration.

There is no minimum age requirement for the term whiskey in the USA (only 'straight' rye whiskey must be aged for a minimum of two years) so don't be misled by the label's, "Stored in New Oak Less Than Four Years" - the key words here being "less than". However, Tuthilltown uses unusually small oak casks which affect the spirit's flavour more quickly and differently to full-size barrels.

Review and Tasting

Sampled on 19/10/2014

Appearance:

(sample year: 13, batch: EZ, bottle: 365) Clear, deep coppery amber.

Aroma:

Newly sawn oak, nutmeg, cracked red pepper corns, nubuck leather, toasted brazil nuts, breakfast tea leaves, toffee apple and faint clove spice.

Taste:

Powerful dry oak, pencil shavings, roasted nuts, stewed apple, nutmeg, cinnamon, black pepper and clove.

Aftertaste:

Long lingering, toasted nuts and dry spicy newly sawn oak. Overall: Overly oaked but in a strangely appealing way.