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Stellum Spirits Rye

  • Distiller:

    Various

  • Bottler:

    Barrell Craft Spirits

  • ABV:

    58.12%

  • Age:

    NAS

  • Price:
    $$$$$
  • Raided Score: 88
  • Publication: SpiritSurveyor
  • Excerpt: It’s sweet and rich, but enough rye to keep it complex. There’s things there to feed the barely legal rye lovers and the 100% hardcore rye heads.
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  • Raided Score: 86
  • Publication: Breaking Bourbon
  • Excerpt: Stellum Rye is finally another that gets awarded into my own personal pantheon of favorite ryes that I will continue to always have on hand. It uniquely finds a place in between bold and complex and is able to carve out a satisfying middle ground it can call its own
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  • Raided Score: 95
  • Publication: The Whiskey Wash
  • Excerpt: No doubt one of my favorite recent tastings. This is a nice, smooth rye with good balance between the spice and the fruity notes.
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  • Raided Score: 85
  • Publication: Distiller
  • Excerpt: The palate showcases brown sugar, licorice, gingersnaps, white peppercorns, menthol, and faintly, chocolate syrup. On the finish, there's salted caramel, cedar shavings, and fresh mint sprigs.
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  • Raided Score: 88
  • Publication: Whiskey Raiders
  • Excerpt: Excellent, from tip to tail. Stellum Spirits first Rye blend is on the money. This is the rye that craft drinkers everywhere need, especially when it can be had for $60 or under.
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  • Intro:

    A blend of primarily Indiana Rye, with some KY and TN components mixed in. This 4-10yr blend is bottled at cask strength - 58.12% for this batch. Available for $55 or so in a wide release.

  • Nose:

    Powerful brown sugar, some mint and herbal spearmint. Toffee, a bit of pepper and orange peel. Bright, sweet, complex.

  • Taste:

    Zesty on the palate - a bit more oak than expected. Complex and enjoyable, there is a ton of pepper, clove, rye spice and maple at first, with some fruity undertone developing with time. Plum, orange peel, a hint of pear. Spice gives way to sweet with extended time on the palate.

  • Finish:

    Long finish, the rye spice regains grip once more. Gone is the gentle fruit - pepper, clove, and mint remain with a healthy dose of maple.

  • Overall:

    Excellent, from tip to tail. Stellum Spirits first Rye blend is on the money. This is the rye that craft drinkers everywhere need, especially when it can be had for $60 or under.

  • Score:

    6

  • By t8ke
  • Disclosure: The producer provided this sample to review free of charge, and without expectation of review or rating.

  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources
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