Classification: Straight Rye
Company: Rabbit Hole
Distillery: Undisclosed
Release Date: October 2020
Proof: 114.6 (Cask Strength)
Age: 6 Years
Mashbill: 95% Rye, 5% Malted Barley
Color: Deep Amber
MSRP: $195 (2020)
Big rye spice | Anise | Dark fruit | Potent
Black licorice | Brown sugar | Tobacco leaf | Rye spice | Caramel | Maple sugar candy | Gripping intensity
Swash of rye spice | Maple sugar candy | Long with tapering spice
This Kentucky-made rye represents the second release in the Founder’s Collection line and is extremely limited with only 1,315 bottles in total. The name “Boxergrail” honors Louisville’s boxing heritage, and this release adds age, proof, and more carefully curated barrels to Rabbit Hole’s standard 95 proof Boxergrail Rye offering. Consisting of only 7 barrels that were part of the very first rye barrels company founder Kaveh Zamanian created, the resulting flavor profile is mouth-hugging with just the right balance of rye spice and sweet notes. It is unequivocally a crowd-pleasing and great tasting whiskey. However its asking price, high end packaging, and ultra-limited production quantity gear it towards being more of a collector's item than a whiskey consumers will purchase simply to enjoy.