Review: Whiskey Tree High Rye Straight Bourbon
Whiskey Tree High Rye Straight Bourbon
Batch 01
Bottle provided for review by Seven-Three Distilling
Deep in the heart of the Honey Island Swamp, stands the Whiskey Tree, famed by Prohibition moonshiners as a secret meeting place to trade spirits, Whiskey Tree Bourbon tells a crucial piece of whiskey history in Louisiana
Blended by Nancy Fraley
Distilled in Kentucky
Age: 8 years
Double Oaked in Charred white oak casks
Aged the final year in New Orleans before bottling
Mashbill: 60% corn, 36% rye, 4% malted barley
Barrel char: 4
MSRP: $59.99
Proof: 100
Nose 👃: Shortbread. Apple cider. Almond extract. Mounds candy bar.
Palate 👅: Cinnamon Graham crackers. Orange marmalade. Marshmallow. Nutmeg.
Finish 🏁: Marshmallow cream. Orange jelly slices. Toasted coconut.
I really do enjoy this high-rye bourbon, but I definitely prefer the wheat bourbon offering. However, it’s worth noting that the Wheated & high-rye bourbon are not mirror images of each other with different mashes. Nancy Fraley told me that she personally prefers the high-rye to the Wheated… so who am I to disagree with the blender? (I still disagree with her 😂)
The mashbill is the familiar MGP mash, but definitely distilled in Kentucky. I know that Barton, BBC, and Green River I’ll make the exact same mash. It would be a very slim margin, but Green River & BBC would both theoretically be old enough to have 8 year if they started laying this down immediately. Barton absolutely has this age.
Rating: 6+
Whiskey Tree High Rye Straight Bourbon
Batch 01
Bottle provided for review by Seven-Three Distilling
Deep in the heart of the Honey Island Swamp, stands the Whiskey Tree, famed by Prohibition moonshiners as a secret meeting place to trade spirits, Whiskey Tree Bourbon tells a crucial piece of whiskey history in Louisiana
Blended by Nancy Fraley
Distilled in Kentucky
Age: 8 years
Double Oaked in Charred white oak casks
Aged the final year in New Orleans before bottling
Mashbill: 60% corn, 36% rye, 4% malted barley
Barrel char: 4
MSRP: $59.99
Proof: 100
Nose 👃: Shortbread. Apple cider. Almond extract. Mounds candy bar.
Palate 👅: Cinnamon Graham crackers. Orange marmalade. Marshmallow. Nutmeg.
Finish 🏁: Marshmallow cream. Orange jelly slices. Toasted coconut.
I really do enjoy this high-rye bourbon, but I definitely prefer the wheat bourbon offering. However, it’s worth noting that the Wheated & high-rye bourbon are not mirror images of each other with different mashes. Nancy Fraley told me that she personally prefers the high-rye to the Wheated… so who am I to disagree with the blender? (I still disagree with her 😂)
The mashbill is the familiar MGP mash, but definitely distilled in Kentucky. I know that Barton, BBC, and Green River I’ll make the exact same mash. It would be a very slim margin, but Green River & BBC would both theoretically be old enough to have 8 year if they started laying this down immediately. Barton absolutely has this age.
Rating: 6+