FEW Spirits
FEW Spirits
DISTILLERY: FEW, Illinois
ABV: 63.6% NCS
AGE: 6 Years
CAT: Straight Rye Whiskey
BATCH: #5
RRP: £89.95
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We’re all probably familiar with the FEW Distillery. Their rye whiskey is a fantastic example of top-notch American craft distilling.
Their high rye mashbill is a blend of 70% Midwestern rye, 20% local corn and 10% two-row malted barley. They use a wine yeast from France’s Loire Valley for fermentation, and age their whiskeys in air-dried oak barrels.
This is 6 Year Old Rye Whiskey, their standard mashbill, however this has been Port Cask finished, which is a little bit special.
Once again we’ve bottled this at natural cask strength and and have filled just 398 bottles.
FEW Spirits have collaborated with a number of rock bands for their limited releases in the past; The Flaming Lips, Alice in Chains, and more recently Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. A Boutique-y release of a 2 Year Old Rye Whiskey was also our first non-scotch bottled in 2014.
NOSE
Fresh rye bread, coffee beans, chalk dust, and a honied sweetness. There’s a hint of menthol too. ‘Tis a beautiful rye whiskey.
TASTE
Rich dark chocolate, black cherries, blackberry jam, dark rye bread, and hints of tobacco. The blackberry jam lingers into the peppery finish.
ABOUT THE LABEL
Standing out at Left Field is distillery founder Paul Hletko in Cubs colours. He’s brandishing a broken stave insead of a baseball bat, and there’s a goat embroidered on his shirt.
