A fantastic rye whiskey produced in Kentucky, the Pikesville brand dates back to 1895 in Maryland. This 6 year old 110 proof was released in 2015, receiving a Double Gold at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, an "Extraordinary, Ultimate Recommendation" from the Ultimate Spirits Challenge and was named the World's Best Rye Whisky at the World Whiskies Awards 2016 - Heaven Hill also won Distiller of the Year at the Icons of Whisky 2016!
Some dusty spice, a touch of Norwegian hand cream and cocoa at first with sweet liquorice, Curaçao, vanilla custard and crème caramel developing.
Fruity, then wonderfully spicy rye. Sweet liquorice again (specifically the coconutty/nougat-y pink Liquorice Allsorts that have a black bit in the middle), plenty of oak and then clove drops on the tail.
Vanilla with cinnamon and apricot Danish.
...it's absolutely wonderful.
Jim Murray gets a lot of stick but I can see why his score was so high with this!! Unbelievable whiskey!
I found this at a Mom& Pop liquor store in Lynnwood, Washington for $52 out the door ( in Washington with what amounts to 30% in taxes on alcohol) this was a hell of a bargain. I bought all they had!
The only ryes that can touch it are, the TOTAL Whistle Pig & a couple of High West ryes
This isn't bad at all!! In fact I'm knocked out by how good this is!!
