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1257 Kensington Road NW
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* This bottle was featured on Day 1 of our 2020 KWM Whisky Calendar *
* Full-sized 700ml bottles will be available in early 2021 - In the mean time, check this Single Cask Millstone Rye out *
Made from 51% Malted Rye and 49% Unmalted Rye distilled and aged in American Virgin Oak. This Millstone Rye is a single cask selected by Kensington Wine Market and bottled at a cask strength of 54.7% ABV.
Evan's Tasting Note
Nose: Pine sap, lemon jujubes, mandarin orange slices plus the fresh and bitter peels, apple cider, cloves, spearmint, cinnamon, cardamom, vanilla pods, and gingerbread cookies. It noses like you combined a wonderfully bitter Amaro with a botanical gin.
Palate: Apple strudel, lime green jelly beans, fresh mint, fresh dill, cloves, cinnamon and cardamom again, toasted almonds and walnuts, ginger liqueur and a touch of London Dry Gin.
Finish: Still full of fresh citrus and herbaceous notes with a dash of nuts and spices thrown in the mix.
Comment: This is very nearly a ready-made-cocktail-at-cask-strength of a Rye. It is fresh and botanical with a nice amount of oak to add to it all. It is less dense and more dainty than the regular Millstone Rye which I also enjoy. If you wanted a rye for all seasons from spring to winter, this might just be it!
$108.99
Made from a mash of 51% malted and 49% unmalted rye grains, the whisky is 100 months old, 100 proof and 100% rye. This is a single rye whisky and has won awards from the Wizards of Whisky and Whisky Magazine. In 2016 it won Best Dutch Rye Whisky.
While not historically known for their whisky, the Dutch have been distilling as long as anyone in Europe. Most famous for genever and brandy, some of the distilleries there have taken to producing whisky. The Zuidam family began producing genever and other liquors in 1976 in the town of Baarle-Nassau on the Belgian border. Patrick van Zuidam, the second generation, began experimenting with whisky distillation in 1996, and started laying down barrels. The distillery produces both malt and grain whiskies, including a powerful rye. While they have borrowed and been influenced by the whisky makers in other countries, they are making a distinctly Dutch whisky. In one curious aspect, they mill their own barley in traditional windmills.
From the Distillery: “The new spirit is aged for a minimum of 100 month on new American oak barrels. The nose has rich notes of citrus fruit and spices with delicate tones of honey combined with vanilla and oak. The taste is rich fruity, honey sweetness and delicate spicy notes and a long peppery vanilla and oak finish.”
Evan's Tasting Note
Nose: Cloves, pine needles, coffee grounds and earthy spices. Maple syrup, ginger snaps, pumpernickel bread, dried dill, mint leaves, black liquorice, raspberries and blackberries and orange rind. Dark rye bread toasted with honey.
Palate: Black tea, black liquorice, ginger molasses cookies, nutmeg, blackberry compote, root beer, pumpernickel bread again, hints of citrus and mint.
Finish: Slightly drying. Spice, earthy components and black liquorice along with hints molasses sweetness mingle to the end.
Comment: This is a very earthy rye whisky. Not quite like anything else I have tasted from Canada or the USA. It is dark, dense, earthy and delicious.
