Brush Creek Rye Review

Brush Creek
Straight Rye Whiskey
94 Proof
MSRP: $57.99
Review

Please enjoy our Brush Creek Rye Review by Ed & Dean!

Background

The Brush Creek Distillery, which opened in 2019, is a craft distillery located within The Farm at Brush Creek in Saratoga, Wyoming. The Farm is a resort with a ranch, a greenhouse, a bakery, a creamery and, of course, a distillery. It also has a wine cellar with approximately 30,000 bottles and a Spirit Vault with rare and vintage spirits. The distillery makes gin, vodka, bourbon and rye, but also blends products sourced from other distillers.

The Specifics

Brush Creek Rye is blended from two distinct mashbills, featuring 4-6 year old straight ryes from Indiana. Each barrel is hand-selected after 2-3 years of additional maturation along Wyoming’s elevated western frontier. Every batch is cut to proof with snowmelt water captured on-site from the nearby Snowy Mountain Range.

Mash bill: 87% Rye, 8% Corn, 5% Barley
Aging: 4-6 years
Barrels: not specified
Proof: 94

Tasting Notes – Brush Creek Straight Rye Whiskey

Let’s taste it:

🛏 Rested for 15 minutes in a Glencairn

👉🏻Nose: Mildly sweet; spearmint, light caramel, sweet tangerine and tart lime; mild grassiness; mild rye spices, like anise; banana towards the end; alcohol vapor appropriate for the proof

👉🏻Taste: Mint, baking spices, caramel, lime, tangerine transitioning to dried apricot, mild cocoa towards the end; rye spices; solid mouthfeel.

👉🏻Finish: Baking spices, white pepper, citrus and dried apricot; increasingly dry with a bit of dry balsa wood and barrel char; medium long

The nose of Brush Creek Rye is mildly sweet, but with a tang from some citrus, including tart limes and sweet tangerines. There is a mintiness from spearmint, as well as a mild grassiness, and fairly subtle rye spices, with noticeable anise. There are a touch of bananas, as well. The alcohol vapor is appropriate for the proof.

The taste is mildly sweet at first, sweeter than the nose. There is again light caramel, rye spices which are becoming more evident, mint, tart limes, and tangerines which eventually transition to dried apricots. Also, later on, there is some cocoa, as well.

In the finish, there is again citrus, although it becomes a bit sweeter, and dried apricots. However, there is increasing dryness and growing and lingering white pepper spice, joined by mild dry balsa wood and barrel char, later on. In the end of the moderately long finish, there is a pleasant warmth with the spice and mild barrel char continuing to hang on.

Similarities and Differences

For Ed the dominant flavors in the nose were the tart limes, relatively mild rye spices like anise, and caramel. Whereas for Dean, the spearmint was most noticeable on the nose, and while he did get citrus, it was from sweet tangerines. He noticed bananas and a mild grassiness, as well. In the taste, Dean continued to notice mint, tangerine and mild cocoa, however, he did agree that there were limes. Likewise, Ed was persuaded about the presence of tangerines, but he felt that they transitioned to dried apricots, later on. He also felt that the rye spices were becoming more noticeable than they were in the nose. Finally, in the finish, Dean and Ed both agree on the flavors and increasingly dry mouth feel.

Conclusion

Overall, we very much enjoyed Brush Creek rye. If you enjoy a well-blended Indiana rye with both minty and citrus notes, some spice and a drying finish, then you’ll want to give this rye a try. Have you had it? What did you think? Cheers!🥃

We hope you have enjoyed our Brush Creek Rye Review by Dean and Ed! If you would enjoy hearing us talk about this bourbon, be sure to listen to our podcast where we review both the Brush Creek Bourbon and Rye! You can also read our Brush Creek Bourbon Review to learn about another whiskey from this distillery.

Note: This bottle was graciously provided by the brand for our review. Thank you!

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