Spike65 08/22/2009
pretty good Rye Whiskey. It has all the right flavors for a Rye. Good price and at least rates a "journeyman" rating.
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Cydonia33 12/25/2007
Perhaps my favorite sipping whiskey. Soft, fruity and a little oily. Excellent stuff. A great buy and highly underrated. A great American whiskey in my opinion.
celpirt 12/02/2006
Had it one time years ago fell in love and couldn't find it readily available until the last couple years. Definately one of my whiskey of choice!
Irishmade 03/23/2006
It's the only rye whiskey I drink and i've tried all the others.
notbadnotbad 01/12/2006
It's a real pity there aren't more ryes on the market. Jim's Rye has got to be one of the best buys in American liquors: it's got a lovely, smooth bourbon-like flavor but the unique "dustiness" of rye. Before Prohibition, rye was the pre-eminent American whiskey; afterwards, because corn was more plentiful for distillation than rye, bourbon became the American whiskey. Pick up a fifth, it's only around eight to ten bucks. Most people have never tried rye; ask for it in a bar and you may get a quizzical stare. Jim Beam Rye, a/k/a "Yellow Label" is an elegant whiskey but it leaves you wondering what the really great ryes of yore must have tasted like. Some "antiques" if you can find them are Pikesville Rye and Sazerac Rye. Good luck. I've only tasted Pikesville and would give it five stars, but three ryes in the world (Canada's "Old Overholt" is another) is not much basis for comparison, is it? I bormally drink Jim Beam Rye on the rocks or neat, but the classic rye cocktail, is called a Sazerac. The recipe is a combination of an Old Fashioned and a Martini: Soak a cube of sugar in Peychaud's (not Angostura) Bitters. Muddle it in a glass with a one-count of Pernod, Ricard or, if you're lucky enough to have it, an absinthe. Add rocks and a five-count of rye. Strain into a cocktail glass. Cheers. Let's hope for a revival of fine ryes soon.
scomiche 12/13/2005
This is my whisky of choice, simply great
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