Redemption Rye Whiskey
- Jeffrey Lavallee
- Jul 4, 2025
- 2 min read
Who’s Nick and Nora Charles? And why do they have a glass named after them???
ABC - $32.99
TW - $26.99
Class VI - $28.40
ABV - 46%
NAS
Mashbill 95% rye, 5% malted barley
Batch #275
“Distilled in the Indiana heartland and bottled by Redemption Barrel Selections, Bardstown, KY.
From the ABC website: Redemption Rye’s goal is to bring back the classic American Rye cocktail. To be classified as a rye in the US, law states that a whiskey must be 51% rye grain; Redemption's grain content is 95%. Redemption features a rye spice flavor with light floral and citrus notes. A slight mint finish makes this great for sipping or mixing in a classic cocktail, like a Manhattan, Old Fashioned or Sazerac.
We know that to be called a ‘rye’, a whiskey must have at least 51% rye in its mashbill. This rye has 95% rye grain. But why not 100%? Which grain accounts for the other 5%? We’ll cover that in an upcoming Whiskey of the Week - you won’t want to miss it!
I’m not sure what to say about Redemption Rye. A solid pour, Redemption epitomizes what a rye should be. I enjoyed it neat, but you could make an excellent Manhattan with it. It’s delicious. It’s affordable. You should buy it. Masinwabe!
Cocktail
From their website: The Waldorf finds its origins at the Waldorf Hotel in New York City in the early 1900s, and was later revived for contemporary drinkers by “The King of Cocktails”, Dale Degroff.
Ingredients
2 parts Redemption Rye Whiskey
¾ parts Sweet Vermouth
3 dashes Angostura bitters
Absinthe rinsed glass
Directions
Rinse Nick and Nora glass with absinthe (you can buy those glasses here)
Pour excess absinthe into stirring glass
Stir all ingredients with ice
Strain neat into Nick and
Nora glass
Garnish with expressed lemon peel
Nick and Nora glasses are named after Nick and Nora Charles, a fictional, married couple who solve murder mysteries while exchanging sharp and smart repartee. The series was created by Dashiell Hammett in his novel The Thin Man. The characters were later adapted for film in a series of films between 1934 and 1947; for radio from 1941 to 1950; for television from 1957 through 1959; as a Broadway musical in 1991; and as a stage play in 2009.
