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It's the straight bourbon, not the dark rye
The straight bourbon is pretty tasty. For my taste it doesn't have the depth of flavor that say reservoir bourbon, or the Heaven hill has, but it is in my circle of regular drinkers.
 

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It's the straight bourbon, not the dark rye
Basil Hayden is quite tasty. It's a lower-proof so it's an easy drinker. The mash bill is high-rye, so it's a great intro if you're interested in getting into the full-rye whiskies.

Also, you can always find it and it's not marked up 300% of it's actual worth!

Also, stay away from the Dark Rye. It's rather terrible.
 

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My awesome wife put together a bourbon themed gift for my birthday. Among some other things was this nice little bottle to put my bourbon in and show it off. This is currently some Bulleit, before this if was Woodford Double Oaked.
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Basil Hayden is quite tasty. It's a lower-proof so it's an easy drinker. The mash bill is high-rye, so it's a great intro if you're interested in getting into the full-rye whiskies.

Also, you can always find it and it's not marked up 300% of it's actual worth!

Also, stay away from the Dark Rye. It's rather terrible.
You and @FLjeeper are on opposite ends of this dark rye. I just recently started drinking rye. Bulleit and Sazerac have been pretty good so far.
 

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You and @FLjeeper are on opposite ends of this dark rye. I just recently started drinking rye. Bulleit and Sazerac have been pretty good so far.
The thing I don't like about most pure-rye whiskies is the minty flavor they all seem to have. The ones I do enjoy are Rittenhouse, Old Pepper Single Barrel Rye, and Michter's Toasted Barrel Rye.
 

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I love full rye whiskies. Parkers Heritage makes a really good one. Reservoir has a really complex tasting rye that I very much enjoy. I also have to mention the Whistle Pig line, 10, 12, and 15 yr offerings are excellent. I'll have to check out the Old Pepper Single Barrel Rye.

@MRH512 if you like Rittenhouse, have you tried Pikesville Rye? I really enjoy both and generally anything that comes from Heaven Hill.
 

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Little off topic but, in what/how do you store/show-off your bourbons?

I just picked up an old Entertainment Armoire that we plan to convert into a liquor cabinet.

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While outside of Rochester last week, some colleagues and I decided to check out Iron Smoke Distillery in Fairport, NY.
Liked it enough to bring some home (which required me to check my bag, ugh).

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While outside of Rochester last week, some colleagues and I decided to check out Iron Smoke Distillery in Fairport, NY.
Liked it enough to bring some home (which required me to check my bag, ugh).

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I love full rye whiskies. Parkers Heritage makes a really good one. Reservoir has a really complex tasting rye that I very much enjoy. I also have to mention the Whistle Pig line, 10, 12, and 15 yr offerings are excellent. I'll have to check out the Old Pepper Single Barrel Rye.

@MRH512 if you like Rittenhouse, have you tried Pikesville Rye? I really enjoy both and generally anything that comes from Heaven Hill.
The Parkers Heritage have been rather hit-or-miss for me. I've really only ever tried 2 of them that I enjoyed. I have had Pikesville Rye. I enjoy it but not enough to buy a bottle. Peerless makes a good one too. I just haven't felt the need to buy another bottle after finishing my first one.

I lean towards the vanilla / toffee / caramel / honey flavors. Probably why there aren't a lot of ryes that excite me.
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