Rock And Rye Whiskey With Fruit

Instead of just innovating a new flavor to complement whiskey sazerac resurrected a classic whiskey combination called rock rye.

Rock and rye whiskey with fruit.

He recently started selling a 100 proof version 35 that is made with 8 year old straight rye whiskey and flavored with raw honey dried navel orange peels and a pinch of cane rock candy. 1 2 750 ml bottle rye whiskey or 375 mls. First bottled in 1939 mr. Add the fruit and then the rye whiskey.

Almost like a pre mixed rye old fashioned just add ice. Several of the well known major brands such as wild turkey jim beam and rittenhouse rye whiskeys are all good choices. Using a good rye whiskey is essential but it doesn t have to be from a special edition batch. Mom s recipe for rock and rye ingredients.

Hochstadter s slow low rock and rye. Light straw and fairly translucent. Aged less than a year infused with rock sugar cinnamon and tart new york cherries this is an easy. Rock rye was all the rage in the 19th century when straight rye whiskey mixed with rock candy sugar and citrus.

Mister katz s rock rye 28 made with brooklyn distilled youthful rye whiskey read. As early as 1914 united states government publications discuss disputes regarding beverages labeled rock and rye including a case of a beverage so marketed which was found by the bureau of chemistry to consist of water sugar. Sweet vanilla and candied orange peel with a spiced apple undertone and a bit of tootsie roll. Rock and rye is a term both generically and brand names for a bottled liqueur or mixed cocktail composed of rye whiskey and rock candy crystallized sugar.

Boston s rock rye is based on a classic pre prohibition recipe which brings together rye whiskey sugar and citrus into a liqueur which closely resembles the old fashioned cocktail. According to the alcohol and tobacco tax and trade bureau definition rock and rye has a minimum 25 5 alcohol by volume must be made with rye straight rye or whiskey distilled from a rye mash and contain either rock candy or sugar syrup. The addition of fruit fruit juices or other natural flavoring is allowed but optional. It also comes in a rather snazzy gift box with a tumbler shot glass poster and cd telling you all about it.

Any barman worth his salt er sugar would use these ingredients to soften the raw edge of then popular straight rye a fermented distilled grain abundant and well used by revolutionary soldiers. With all types of rye the rock candy cuts the spice notes of the whiskey creating a mellower blend of spicy and sweet. Put the rock candy in the bottle first. 2 cups of rock candy approximately 1 prune i use sunsweet ones individually wrapped 1 orange slice.

Straight rye whiskey with raw honey navel oranges rock candy and bitters.