Angel’s Envy Rum Cask Finished Rye

VA ABC- $99.99

Total Wine - $89.99

Class VI - $95.00

From VA ABC - Angel's Envy spends up to eighteen months finishing in Caribbean rum casks, resulting in an immensely complex whiskey. The taste profile of rye whiskey was a perfect fit for a rum cask finish. The mingling of raw, spicy and earthy rye with the mellow sweetness of rum finishing creates an incomparably smooth and drinkable whiskey, even at 100 proof.

I visited the Angel’s Envy Distillery last year and enjoyed a tasting of two of their bourbons and this rye.  The folks there went out of their way for me.  Even though the scheduled tastings were done for the day, they found their tasting guy and he did a tasting for just me.  I tried their first bourbon while he talked.  It was okay, not remarkable.  He continued talking about their whiskies.  I tried the second bourbon.  He continued to talk.  Again, nothing to write home about.  He continued talking.  I took a sip of the third whiskey, “WOW! What is THIS?!”, I interrupted.  He laughed and told me I was having the rum cask-finished rye.  “Holy cow, this is really something!”, I blurted out enthusiastically.  I think I threw him off his game.  If you ever get to Louisville, don’t miss the Louisville Slugger Museum and the Angel’s Envy tasting room.  If you can’t visit, a bottle of AE’s Rum Cask Finished Rye will make you happy until you can.

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz ANGEL'S ENVY Rye Finished in Rum Casks

1/2 oz Bacardi® Reserva Ocho

1/2 oz Ruby Port

2 dashes of Angostura® orange bitters

1 dash of Angostura® bitters

Directions

1. Add all ingredients into a mixing glass.

2. Stir for 20 seconds.

3. Strain into a chilled coupe glass.