{"product_id":"redwood-empire-rocket-top-bottled-in-bond-straight-rye-whiskey-750ml-five-year-single-season-rye","title":"Redwood Empire Rocket Top Bottled in Bond Straight Rye Whiskey 750mL","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"background:#1a0a00; border-left:4px solid #C8A951; color:#ffffff; padding:14px 18px; margin-bottom:18px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e97 points from The Tasting Panel and Best in Show at the TAG Global Spirit Awards. Bottled in Bond, five years, 100 proof. Four bottles in stock.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eRocket Top: The One Redwood Empire Actually Distills\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRocket Top\u003c\/strong\u003e is \u003cstrong\u003eRedwood Empire's\u003c\/strong\u003e bonded rye, and it is the bottle in their range that earns the California claim outright. The label reads \u003cstrong\u003e\"Distilled Grain to Glass in Sonoma County, California\"\u003c\/strong\u003e under \u003cstrong\u003eDSP-CA-20056\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat distinction matters. Most of the Redwood Empire lineup, Pipe Dream and Emerald Giant included, is distilled in California, Indiana and Kentucky and then blended in Sonoma. \u003cstrong\u003eRocket Top is made start to finish in house\u003c\/strong\u003e, from grain, with water drawn from the Russian River Valley aquifer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBottled in Bond Is the Strictest Label in American Whiskey\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnder the \u003cstrong\u003eBottled-in-Bond Act of 1897\u003c\/strong\u003e this must be the product of \u003cstrong\u003eone distillery in one distilling season\u003c\/strong\u003e, aged at least four years in a federally supervised warehouse, and bottled at exactly \u003cstrong\u003e100 proof\u003c\/strong\u003e. This one goes past the minimum at \u003cstrong\u003efive years\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a craft distillery to bottle in bond at all, it has to have been distilling long enough to have five year old stock of its own. Very few can.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Rye Mash Bill Near the Ceiling\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRocket Top runs roughly \u003cstrong\u003e85 to 87% rye\u003c\/strong\u003e, with malted barley and a little wheat making up the rest. Redwood Empire changes the recipe slightly with each bonded release and blends barrels of differing rye content for complexity, so the exact split and the barrel count move from batch to batch. Recent lots have run from 26 barrels up to 69.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Tree\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRocket Top\u003c\/strong\u003e is a coast redwood in \u003cstrong\u003eHumboldt Redwoods State Park\u003c\/strong\u003e, standing about \u003cstrong\u003e365 feet\u003c\/strong\u003e and estimated at roughly \u003cstrong\u003e2,000 years old\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNose:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fresh pine sap and maple candy, with clove, sandalwood and fallen leaves behind it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePalate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rye spice and cinnamon against caramel corn and fig jam, with a savoury depth and a hint of pink peppercorn.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFinish:\u003c\/strong\u003e Long, spice and oak holding on, closing on a touch of dark chocolate.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow to Enjoy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNeat:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100 proof is the bonded standard and it is the right strength for this whiskey. Nothing needed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOne cube:\u003c\/strong\u003e opens the maple and caramel without thinning it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSazerac or Vieux Carré:\u003c\/strong\u003e a five year bonded rye at 100 proof is exactly the spec those drinks were built on.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSide by side:\u003c\/strong\u003e pour it against Emerald Giant to taste the difference between rye they distilled and rye they sourced.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProducer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Redwood Empire Distilling, Graton, Sonoma County, California (DSP-CA-20056)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Straight Rye Whiskey, Bottled in Bond, distilled grain to glass in Sonoma County\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMash Bill:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rye forward, roughly 85 to 87% rye with malted barley and wheat. 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