Talk:Rye whiskey

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Sugar content?

Is Rye Whiskey, particularly Jim Beam brand rye, lower in sugar content than white label?

Old Potrero 18th Century not really a rye?

Technically Old Potrero 18th Century is not considered a rye whiskey despite being distilled from 100% rye malt mash because it is stored in toasted (uncharred) oak barrels and not charred oak barrels. Amlai 11:03, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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As our contribution to Wikipedia's probably unintended, but nevertheless growing, collection of American whiskey folklore and legend, we believe readers would enjoy also visiting our website dedicated to just that subject, along with documentation of our personal visits to various American whiskey distillery sites, current and defunct. Our URL is...

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Russell's Reserve Rye Whiskey Released

A new rye has come on the market. Russell's Reserve Rye. Distilled in Lawrenceburg, KY by Austin Nichols, the subsidiary of Pernod Ricard USA which produces Wild Turkey.

http://www.pernod-ricard-usa.com/media/pr.php?id=26&pr_id=265

Yes, it is marketed as Wild Turkey "Russell's Reserve" Rye, a 6 year-old bottling. This is not to be confused with the Wild Turkey "Russell's Reserve" Bourbon, a 90-proof 10 year-old bottling from the same company, obviously, but the problem for consumers is, both bottles look virtually identical and could easily be mistaken for each other. CrashRiley (talk) 01:01, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wild Turkey

I don't know how to edit this, but the link to "Wild Turkey" on this page goes directly to the page for the bird, not the whiskey. If anyone can fix this it'd probably be helpful.

BaikinMan 18:00, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Templeton Rye

Added reference to Templeton Rye and reference link to Iowa Public Radio interview with distillers. -cman- (talk) 13:44, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've fixed so it links to the bourbon, which is probably the best we can do. (I doubt there is a separate article for the rye version.) Crypticfirefly 01:24, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

- None of that much matters, as Wild Turkey is *NOT* Rye Whisky, rather it is Bourbon. Even the manufacturer says so. --65.96.186.165 23:19, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

- That is correct, however Wild Turkey does market a Rye whiskey: http://www.wildturkeybourbon.com/flock/bottxt8.htm so Wild Turkey's inclusion here is relevant. CrashRiley 19:22, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Indeed. 65.96.186.165 apparently failed to read the line where "Wild Turkey [brand] Rye Whiskey" is referred to. Crypticfirefly 04:08, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Founding fathers?

I thought rum was the drink of the founding fathers, and rye came along later. Rees11 (talk) 21:21, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rum and rye were both popular. Rye was made domestically in PA (that's why labels like Rittenhouse Rye still exist) until the Whiskey Rebellion (America's first tax protest post Constitution), and actually the bourbon and corn-basis for "American" whiskey followed when the distillers fled to Kentucky territories.

Washington's distillery I think was something he started well after the Rebellion in his retirement, very late in life.

Errors/Clarification in product attribution

Vintage 21 and Vintage 23 are not Heaven Hill products, they are sold by Kentucky Bourbon Distillers, LTD. http://www.kentuckybourbonwhiskey.com/vintage_line.php

Red Hook Rye is distilled by Kentucky Bourbon Distillers, LTD for Lenells, a retail spirits shop in Brooklyn, New York.

Classic Cask has their rye bottled for them by Kentucky Bourbon Distillers, LTD. CrashRiley (talk) 01:01, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

KBD doesn't distill anything, they only age and bottle product distilled by others.

Wild turkey

The link for wild turkey goes to the bourbon page, not rye.72.78.11.42 (talk) 04:12, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is it really rye?

Tried to find a reference for "Rare Perfection" but had no luck. Have not heard of this brand. Does anyone know of Rare Perfection Rye? It is also out of alphabetical order which should probably be fixed if Rare Perfection actually exists.

GrandpaDave (talk) 02:54, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It apparently does exist (see this ad for it online), but I don't know if it is rye. I'm going to remove it from the article until such time that someone can verify that it is actually a rye whiskey. Crypticfirefly (talk) 05:04, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

One more thing, Wild Turkey is still listed as being a subsidiary of Pernod, and I think it's since been bought out by Campari. Cheers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.231.213.50 (talk) 17:04, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]