Which rye?

[mdf]

catch her in the rye

Has anyone tried re-reading it as an adult? Does it work, or has Holden become a self-absorbed jerk? Or infuriatingly naive?

 

[Tony S]

Has anyone tried re-reading it as an adult? Does it work, or has Holden become a self-absorbed jerk? Or infuriatingly naive?

Both. But the Glass family - Seymour, Franny, and Zooey - holds up, imho.

 

[UGASkiDawg]

I'm not sure why the bottles are half empty, but here's an update. Both are good, but I like the High West better.
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Happens to all my bottles as well. I think little people are sneaking into my house at night and doing it.

 

[Jilly]

Same ones that shrink your clothes in the closet??

 

[mdf]

It's been awhile. Got the Whistlepig Farmstock as a birthday present. Half their own 3 year, the rest a mix of 6 and 10 year old Canadian. I like it. Much better than the last Whistlepig I had.

 

[Decreed_It]

Another big fan of HW double here, I've not seen the Rendezvous but will be on the lookout. Also a great mixer rye is Bulleit, and usually stocked around here. NC has ABC which means state controlled rationing. No secondary market retail shops. Have to drive to SC or get my brother in DC to find stuff.

 

[mdf]

Much better than the last Whistlepig I had.

For the record, the WP I wasn't that fond of was not the one in the previous post. It was one that appeared and disappeared in the years that are missing in this thread. They have so many variants now, I forget which one it was that I didn't like. I enjoyed the original version. High West Rendevous is still my all-time favorite, though.

 

[pais alto]

These days I’m into the Knob Creek ryes, especially the cask-strength one. If you ever see Turley Mill rye, it’s totally worthy but it might be a New Mexico thing. And High West’s Midwinter Night’s Dram is fantastic, though a little spendy and a little hard to find. And I usually have a bottle of Sazerac in rotation for quick shots or cocktails.

Cask Strength Rye Whiskey | Knob Creek®

Knob Creek® Cask Strength Rye Whiskey is a special, limited-edition whiskey that features our biggest and boldest rye liquid yet.

www.knobcreek.com

http://kgbspirits.com/storage/app/uploads/public/564/f96/0bb/564f960bb2502056639725.pdf

A Midwinter Night's Dram® | High West Whiskey

A limited release of High West Rendezvous Rye finished in French oak port barrels.

www.highwest.com

Sazerac Whiskey

www.buffalotracedistillery.com

 

[Decreed_It]

Y'all makin' me thirsty up in here. Early on a Tues - 5 o'clock somewhere? Or something?

 

[DanoT]

It was mentioned in the first page but is worth repeating: Crown Royal Canadian Rye Whiskey.

I don't know if CR still comes packaged in a purple bag with gold coloured stitching, but those bags make the best goggle bags ever. I have several.

Edit: Looking through my goggle collection and I have half a dozen Crown Royal goggle bags. I don't remember how I acquired them all and I stopped drinking decades ago...maybe it was a good thing that I did.

 

[TexasStout]

These days I’m into the Knob Creek ryes, especially the cask-strength one. If you ever see Turley Mill rye, it’s totally worthy but it might be a New Mexico thing. And High West’s Midwinter Night’s Dram is fantastic, though a little spendy and a little hard to find. And I usually have a bottle of Sazerac in rotation for quick shots or cocktails.

Cask Strength Rye Whiskey | Knob Creek®

Knob Creek® Cask Strength Rye Whiskey is a special, limited-edition whiskey that features our biggest and boldest rye liquid yet.

www.knobcreek.com

http://kgbspirits.com/storage/app/uploads/public/564/f96/0bb/564f960bb2502056639725.pdf

A Midwinter Night's Dram® | High West Whiskey

A limited release of High West Rendezvous Rye finished in French oak port barrels.

www.highwest.com

Sazerac Whiskey

www.buffalotracedistillery.com

I love MWND! In my top 3 ryes. The other two being Willet Rye and Michter's 10yr Rye. I also like EH Taylor Rye.

 

[Ogg]

@mdf The HW Rendevous is one of my favorites too but I think I like their campfire blend better. I haven’t been able to bring myself to buy a bottle of the MWND. For some reason the bottles of the best stuff seem to have an evaporation problem where they become empty rather quickly.

 

[Tom Co.]

 

[WheatKing]

I grew up with this stuff.. Alberta Premium.. still my go-to.. 100% rye 5yr old blend, hell of a lot better than that northern harvest swill.

Cheap enough you don't feel bad mixing it, and good enough you can drink it by the mugful neat. Apparently it's the base for many american "canadian rye" whiskeys

 

[Cameron]

Probably my favorite rye these days is Old Forester, partially because its really good and partially because its really cheap.

 

[teejaywhy]

Rittenhouse has been my go to rye for cocktails and it's not a bad sipper.

Also like Templeton, Costco had it for while at a crazy low price. And Bulleit is good. Redemption was OK (I do like their bourbon), and Old Overholt was crap (get what you pay for!).

I will have to try some of the ones mentioned. I think I saw Whistle Pig at Costco... $70 as I recall... Not sure my palate is refined enough for that kind of dough. Putting on my Christmas list!

 

[Scruffy]

Rittenhouse has been my go to rye for cocktails and it's not a bad sipper.

Also like Templeton, Costco had it for while at a crazy low price. And Bulleit is good. Redemption was OK (I do like their bourbon), and Old Overholt was crap (get what you pay for!).

I will have to try some of the ones mentioned. I think I saw Whistle Pig at Costco... $70 as I recall... Not sure my palate is refined enough for that kind of dough. Putting on my Christmas list!

Rittenhouse is good, esp. for the $$. It won rye of the year some years ago.

 

[Ogg]

For good reasonably priced rye Knob Creek is my go to. I don't really like their bourbon but the rye is a steal at ~$30 at my local discounter.

 

[UGASkiDawg]

1.5 jiggers of Michters Rye, 1/2 jigger of Blood orange liquor, slice of blood orange and bada Bing cherry muddled with a dash bitters of choice and if you really want kick it up a notch a splash of soda but soda not needed. Perfection!

 

[TexasStout]

Normally, I drink ryes on Fryeday, but won't have opportunity to do so tomorrow, so having these on Thuryesday, this week.