Named for the New Orleans bartender who first used rye to make the Sazerac Cocktail, this high octane whiskey is the only barrel-proof rye on the market today; the sample I have in hand reads 134.8 proof. The nose is rich caramel and molasses with a hint of rum. Sourdough and candied fruit notes soak the palate through a marvelous finish.
"This is not a single barrel, but a small batch from the mixing of a very small group of barrels. In what seems to be a company tradition...the price of this whiskey is nowhere near the kind of money the competition would charge for similar quality if they could match it - it is much less.
Appearance: Hard red wheat color. Beautiful clarity and sheen/brightness to the whiskey. The color promises that you are in for a treat, well aged but not over the hill. Color of light Baltic amber in the glass. Nice edge line on the glass when you swirl it, smooth layer of whiskey on swirling with scalloped edges rather than legs developing.
First Impression: Rye, allspice, fuity spiciness, saddle leather notes. Damn solid- most whiskey this high a proof would start to burn the nose, this one teases it.
Taste: Nice medium/heavy body and mouth feel generating warmth wherever it touches with a spicy sourness underlying. Like a very intense almost essence of rye bread. Lingering spicy oak dryness. Remarkably smooth fpr a overproof whiskey - possibly dangerously so." 9/10 Overall; 10/10 Value/Price Spirits Review | 
