← George Dickel
George Dickel Rye Whisky
- Age
- 5 years
- ABV
- 45%
Tasting
How it drinks
- Sight
- Light amber with golden highlights; the rye-dominant mash bill creates a slightly different hue than the corn-based expressions
- Nose
- Toasty oak, floral citrus, sweet tobacco with vanilla and caramel. Grassy, with nuttiness and subtle caramel corn. The charcoal mellowing softens the rye's typical sharpness
- Palate
- Heavy creamy spiced rye grain followed by sweet vanilla and marshmallow. Rye spice, vanilla, caramel, cinnamon, and mint. The Dickel chill-charcoal process creates a distinctively smooth rye unlike typical MGP bottlings
- Finish
- Light hints of white pepper, oak, and leather that subtly enter and exit. Dry rye characteristic on the finish. Clean and balanced
Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.
Maturation
The wood it came through
- New American white oak barrels
- chill-charcoal mellowed. Mash bill: 95% rye
- 5% malted barley (MGP-sourced
- Dickel charcoal mellowed)
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