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Rye whiskeys: avg 7.5/10 · median 7.8/10 · range 2–10 · 130 rated
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Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey
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Budget basic
Only one source has scored this: Does the job and doesn't pretend otherwise. Bottom-third reviews at a bottom-third price. The Bourbon Culture gives it 6.1/10, vs. 7.7/10 for the typical rye whiskey (123 rated).
Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey is crafted with a pre-prohibition style mash bill of 53% rye, yielding a spice- and tobacco-forward profile balanced with fruit, floral and sweet aromatics. Distilled and matured by the Woodford Reserve Distillery (Brown-Forman) in Kentucky, it is bottled at 90.4 proof with tasting notes of black pepper, cedar, cassia bark, clove, mint, molasses and honey, finishing long and sweetly spiced.
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Cross-state typical price: $40.99.
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