LarryR Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 Decided I want to try Rye Whiskey in my Manhattans vs. Makers Mark, I guess this is the "true" recipe. Anyone recommend a good Rye Whiskey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mguerra Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Re: Rye Whiskey Recommendations Just for starters, try Jim Beam Rye, Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey. Yellow label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony b Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Re: Rye Whiskey Recommendations Templeton Rye is the bomb. Old recipe from back in the Prohibition days, was a favorite of Al Capone - all he served in his speakeasies. It's a boutique, so good luck finding it, but it looks like they distribute to NV. Fortunately for me, it's bottled here in Iowa, but even then, it can be hard to get at times, especially at Christmas time. http://www.templetonrye.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryR Posted March 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Re: Rye Whiskey Recommendations Thanks for the recommendations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryR Posted March 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Re: Rye Whiskey Recommendations Picked-up a bottle of Templeton from my neighborhood liquor store. Will give it shot this weekend and report back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normstar Posted March 30, 2013 Report Share Posted March 30, 2013 Re: Rye Whiskey Recommendations Masterson's is very good as well. They even have it at Costco here in SoCal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu Posted April 1, 2013 Report Share Posted April 1, 2013 Re: Rye Whiskey Recommendations This was an article in the WSJ a couple years back on rye whiskey: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 66502.html And another regarding the Manhattan: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 95050.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony b Posted April 1, 2013 Report Share Posted April 1, 2013 Re: Rye Whiskey Recommendations What did I tell ya, even the WSJ likes Templeton. LarryR, can give us your impression of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryR Posted April 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Re: Rye Whiskey Recommendations Delicious! Highly recommend. Had a Manhattan made with Knob Rye on Friday night and this one on Saturday night and definitely preferred the Templeton. Thanks for the recommendations! http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc317/lerobinett/Misc/photo-8.jpg[/img:30fx5bgw] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dub Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Re: Rye Whiskey Recommendations Bulleit! (green label) 95% rye in the mashbill--Killerdiller! dub(and the price aint bad either) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony b Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Re: Rye Whiskey Recommendations Delicious! Highly recommend. Had a Manhattan made with Knob Rye on Friday night and this one on Saturday night and definitely preferred the Templeton. Thanks for the recommendations! De Nada. Just trying to promote the Home Boys! We have another local distiller that does a very nice job - Cedar Ridge. He's just about to release his first batch of single malt whiskey. He makes a fine bourbon and dark rum, too. He also markets some of his spirits under the Clearheart label - his Clearheart gin and vodka are top shelf and half the price of the better knowns. http://crwine.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mguerra Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Re: Rye Whiskey Recommendations Tony, where is local? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony b Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Re: Rye Whiskey Recommendations Iowa, Doc. I live in Cedar Rapids. The distillery/winery is a short distance south of me in the small community of Swisher, Iowa. It's a stone's throw off Interstate 380, between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids, if you're ever up this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mguerra Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Re: Rye Whiskey Recommendations I bought an airplane in Mapleton. Stopped in Onawa to eat a "Hot Brown" or maybe it was a "Hot Beef". I loved the hospitality and friendliness of all the folks we met there. My airplane was in a tiny airfield smack in the middle of a cornfield! I loved that place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5698k Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Re: Rye Whiskey Recommendations What kind of airplane? Robert Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mguerra Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Re: Rye Whiskey Recommendations AG5-B Otherwise known as a Grumman Tiger. This particular iteration was the American General version, 1992. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5698k Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Re: Rye Whiskey Recommendations I got my pvt. in a cheetah, i think it was an AA5A, N26299. I miss those days! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mguerra Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Re: Rye Whiskey Recommendations Lane Wallace wrote all those articles in "Flying" magazine about flying around the U.S. in her Cheetah. They were more emotional and less technical. That's what got me on to the Grumman family. When I flew the Tiger, I was hooked on the fast handling. And that sliding canopy !Learning to fly, and flying the Tiger in particular , was like being born again in to a new life. For all the non-pilots out there, if you have even a spark of curiosity about flying, go take a ride. If it is for you, it will hit you like a ton of bricks within moments of lift off. Just go out to any little airport anywhere in the country and tell the first person you see you are curious about flying and want a ride. It won't matter who that person is, if they are on a small airfield, they are part of the club and will see to it you get airborne! The world of private aviation is like a huge convivial family, and we all LOVE to get new people in the club. This is most evident when you have problem on an airfield away from home. A lot of these small airfields are often deserted. But usually there is an office that is unlocked and wide open. Or a phone bolted on to an outside wall with a number. Someone WILL come help you, even if it is 3 in the morning. It is like going back in time, to Mayberry or something. There is often an old rusty coffee can on the table where you put your 50 cents for the sodas in the crapped old fridge. Usually there is a courtesy car, a car you can just take to run in to town. In Llano, TX it's the old trashed out sherrif's car. You are expected to put a gallon of gas in it, and put the key back where you found it. And there are the modern, gleaming new facilities as well. But the people are just the same, familial. If you are the least bit curious, go check it out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryR Posted April 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Re: Rye Whiskey Recommendations Interesting timing on your thread doc. Here in North Las Vegas there's a small airport and one of the flight schools is offering intro flights for $100. I'll be doing mine in a couple of weeks. When I lived in Central California the community just east of me was a Skypark. My son and I would head over there on fly in days and checkout all the aircraft. Was a pretty cool little community, most of the homes had hangers, own private air strip and some of the nicest people you'll ever meet. A fairly popular musician from the 80's lived there with his wife, chatted with him about his love for flying a couple of times but never got the bug back then. Anyway, I'll let you know how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mguerra Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Re: Rye Whiskey Recommendations Templeton Rye. What a lovely, lovely spirit. This is going way up in the whiskey rotation! The Dalmore Bordeaux Finnesse Scotch, Midleton Irish, Templeton Rye, and Don Julio 1942 Tequila are now my top 4 sipping spirits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
