Company: Nashville Barrel Company
Distillery: Sourced (From undisclosed distillery[ies] in Indiana)
Release Date: November 2020
Proof: 100
Age: Blend of 4 and 7 Year rye whiskeys
Mashbill: 95% Rye, 5% Malted Barley
Color: Dark Gold
MSRP: $60
Cinnamon stick | Touch of oak | White pepper | Hint of rye spice | Big dose of lush fruits
Charred oak | Sweet vanilla | Leather | Pepper | Hints of dark cherries | Earthy flavors keep sweeter ones at bay
Creamy vanilla | Oak | Dried leather | Dash of rye spice | Short and crisp
Nashville Barrel Company is known for offering their hand selected barrels to individuals and groups to select and call their own. While this is still the core offering for the company, they recently released their own small batch product as well.
Batch 1 presents an easy sipping flavor profile that provides a nice mix of fruit and earthy flavors. This makes it pretty easy to assume where this is sourced from, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing at all. While the sip won’t blow you away, what it does do is draw you back in for more and more. Additionally, its flavor profile provides enough flexibility to drink neat or for a more fun, albeit expensive, rye-based cocktail. Nashville Barrel Company Small Batch Rye Whiskey Batch 1 is easy to appreciate, and thanks to its manageable 100 proof, is a good rye for whiskey drinkers of all levels.