In this episode MikeD and TI do a battle of the ryes! We are back for round 2 and this one proved to be an interesting experience! Join us as we taste and give our opinions on Knob Creek Rye, Uncle Nearest Rye and WhistlePig Small Batch Rye.
Knob Creek Rye:History: First released in 1992, by Booker Noe the 6th generation Master Distiller, who is the grandson of Jim Beam. Now under the direction of Fred Noe. Knob Creek 9 year old bourbon became a prized member of the Beam Small Batch B...
In this episode MikeD and TI do a battle of the ryes! We are back for round 2 and this one proved to be an interesting experience! Join us as we taste and give our opinions on Knob Creek Rye, Uncle Nearest Rye and WhistlePig Small Batch Rye.
Knob Creek Rye:
History: First released in 1992, by Booker Noe the 6th generation Master Distiller, who is the grandson of Jim Beam. Now under the direction of Fred Noe. Knob Creek 9 year old bourbon became a prized member of the Beam Small Batch Bourbon Collection, along with Basil Hayden, Baker’s, and Booker’s. Knob Creek aims to recapture a pre-prohibition style bourbon, with more time spent in the barrel, and bottled at a higher proof. This bourbon is named for the creek that ran behind Abraham Lincoln’s childhood home in Kentucky. The Knob Creek label was first in use in 1898. It was owned at the time by the Penn-Maryland Corp., a division of National Distillers. Jim Beam purchased National Distillers In 1987, and Knob Creek was resurrected.
Taste Profile: black pepper, vanilla, caramel, oak, rich spice, apple, rye, floral notes, hints of leather
Uncle Nearest Rye:
History: Uncle Nearest is named for master distiller Nathan "Nearest" Green, a former slave who taught Jack Daniel distilling in the 1800s. Known as Uncle Nearest, Nathan "Nearest" Green has been acknowledged since 2016 as the first African-American master distiller on record in the United States. The brand Uncle Nearest debuted in 2017. Their first three whiskey releases are named after the year Nearest was born (1820), the year he was credited with perfecting the Lincoln County Distilling Process (1856), and the year he retired (1884). In September 2022, Uncle Nearest released its first rye whiskey, Uncle Nearest Uncut/Unfiltered Straight Rye Whiskey.
Taste Profile: buttery, honey, licorice, pear, caraway seed, pine, clove, eucalyptus, dried orange, oak, vanilla, cinnamon, banana, earthy
Whistle Pig Small Batch Rye (10yr):
History: Raj Peter Bhakta founded WhistlePig in 2007 after purchasing a dairy farm in Shoreham, Vermont. He teamed up with former Maker's Mark Master Distiller David Pickerell (a legend in American whiskey who passed away in 2018) to develop a rye whiskey that took on the farm's new name.
Taste Profile: Allspice, orange peel, anise, oak, char, caramel, vanilla, rye spice, mint, warm butterscotch
Cigar: Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Robusto
