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Rye whiskeys: avg 3.1/5 · median 3/5 · range 1.5–5 · 133 rated
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Old Forester Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey
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Budget basic
Does the job and doesn't pretend otherwise. Bottom-third reviews at a bottom-third price. Breaking Bourbon gives it 2.5/5, vs. 3/5 for the typical rye whiskey (125 rated). Whiskybase drinkers give it 81.9 across 22 ratings, vs. 84.2 for the typical rye whiskey (17 rated). Thin data, two sources.
Old Forester Kentucky Straight Rye Whisky is bottled at 100 proof and made from an unconventional mash bill of 65% rye, 20% malted barley, and 15% corn, inspired by the historic Normandy Rye brand acquired by Brown-Forman in 1940. Distilled by the Old Forester Distilling Company in Louisville, Kentucky, it was the brand's first new mash bill in nearly 150 years.
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