Templeton Rye 6 Year Whiskey

Templeton Rye is the Iowa brand that traces its name to the Prohibition-era bootleg rye that put the small town of Templeton on the map, and the 6 Year is its age-stated step up from the standard bottling. The whiskey is distilled in Indiana at MGP from a 95% rye, 5% malted barley mashbill, then aged over six years in charred new American oak barrels at Templeton, Iowa, where hot summers and cold winters push the spirit in and out of the wood; the label now says plainly that it is distilled in Indiana and aged in Templeton, a change that followed a class-action settlement over the brand's earlier small-batch and Prohibition-recipe claims. It is bottled at 91.5 proof (45.75% ABV). Templeton's own notes describe a floral nose with dry spice, butterscotch, vanilla, cherry and green apple, a palate of fruit and toasted oak with a mellow, rounded texture, and a long finish of lingering spice. Drinkhacker picked up butterscotch and crème brûlée up front with scorched wood underneath and a drying finish. The extra years in Iowa oak give it more toasted-wood depth than the flagship, which makes it a good Manhattan rye and an easy neat pour.

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