BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – for 8 January 2021, by Susan Reigler
Two New Rye Releases to Note
Two Kentucky producers have recently released rye whiskeys. One is distilled in Danville by Wilderness Trail and the other is aged on the Mississippi River at the far western tip of the state by O.H. Ingram.
The Wilderness Trail limited release single barrel rye pick by ascot-wearing American whiskey authority Fred Minnick was heralded with the announcement “Ascot what you can do for whiskey, but what whiskey can do for you.” (Groan. Though puns are hard to resist.) It was aged for three years and seven months and bottled at 104 proof. The rye is only available at the Wilderness Trail giftshop, https://shop.wildernesstraildistillery.com, and retails for $63.00. Note, if you live in the Washington, D.C. area, bottles are also for sale at Modern Liquors, https://www.modernliquors.com.
So far, O.H. Ingram River Aged whiskeys are only for sale in Tennessee, but that will change new month when the bourbon they released last fall and the rye released last month will hit store shelves in Kentucky. Both whiskeys are sourced and then aged in barrels stored in a floating rickhouse anchored on the river at Wickcliffe in Ballard County. The rye is b …
