Redemption High-Rye Bourbon

My past reviews of Redemption’s Straight Rye boil down to: “sufficient for cocktails”. Redemption sources whiskey from MGP – formerly known as LDI – in Indiana, like a vast number of other products on the shelf today, and hasn’t had any post-maturation embellishments (cask finishes, extra aging, etc.). The same is true of this “High-Rye” Bourbon, which is a fairly standard MGP recipe of 60% corn, 36% rye, and 4% barley (for enzymes). This straight bourbon is aged by law for a minimum of two year

The Exceptional Grain

The Exceptional is a line of sourced scotches blended and bottled by Sutcliffe & Son. They began with The Exceptional Grain in 2013, and then expanded to an Exceptional Malt and Exceptional Blend. Putting aside the hubris involved in referring to your own work as “Exceptional”, Sutcliffe has garnered renown for his blends and continues to release new editions regularly. Each edition of The Exceptional Grain contains single grain whiskies selected and blended by Sutcliffe and Willie Phillips (for