Nashville Barrel Company Small Batch Rye Whiskey Batch 2

A little background

Nashville Barrel Company Small Batch Rye Whiskey Batch 2 is a blend of 4 and 8 Year old rye whiskey. This whiskey is sourced from an undisclosed distillery in Indian and is made from a mash bill of 95% Rye, and 5% Malted Barley. Nashville Barrel Company Small Batch Rye is bottled at 100 proof and will see you back $60.

(Tasted neat from a Glencairn Glass)

Color

Dark Gold

Nose

Rye spice, jalapeño pepper, lime citrus, Dr. Pepper cola, caramel, and vanilla.

Palate

A dense palate with notes of orange cream, vanilla wafer, bittersweet chocolate, apples, cola, and a bitter walnut note.

Finish

The finish is sweet and enjoyable with notes of cinnamon, apples, vanilla wafer, butterscotch, citrus cream, and a lingering hint of jalapeño pepper.

In closing

Overall, Nashville Barrel Company Small Batch Rye 2 is impressive to say the least. The 4 year and 8 year old barrels blended wonderfully together and produced a finished product that drinks more like a 6-8 year old rye whiskey than a 4-6 year old rye whiskey. I found a good deal of depth and complexity on this whiskey from the nose all the way though to the palate. The flavor profile is quite unique and has some very interesting notes of jalapeño (without the heat) pepper, vanilla wafer, apple, and citrus cream. Nashville Barrel Company Small Batch Rye 2 would be the perfect ingredient in a whiskey forward cocktail and is of course fantastic sipped neat. The big question though, is it better than Batch 1? Simply put, yes. In my opinion Batch 2 is more complex and delivers a better profile of flavor.

NOTE: The sample used for this review was provided at no cost courtesy of Nashville Barrel Company. We thank them for the sample and for allowing us to review it with no strings attached.