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Old Dec 20, 2018 | 8:38 am
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Originally Posted by Duke787
Opened up a bottle of High West Double Rye tonight.

Not bad but doesn't pack the punch I enjoy from the similarly priced baby Sazerac that's my go-to rye.

That said I didn't love the last High West I bought but after letting it sit for a few months I came back to it and loved it so hoping the same here.
I'm only lukewarm on the Double Rye, and I tend to really like other High West whiskies. The Midwinter's Night Dram, the Bourye (and Son of Bourye), etc., are all good rye/high-rye whiskies they put out. Yippie-kay-yay is a bit too mellow for my tastes in rye from their lineup, too, FWIW.
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