The people of Buckeye pulled up and moved down the road from Winters when the railroad came. The name Buckeye Straight Rye Whiskey™ pays homage to these early settlers of the Yolo County region.
Rye is a difficult grain to work with. It must be ground to a flour consistency and then handled carefully to prevent clogging the machinery of the still. Oh, but it is worth the trouble!
Buckeye Straight Rye Whiskey™ is double-distilled from a mash bill blend of primarily rye with barley and local sourced corn. The new-make spirit is aged in new American oak barrels before it is proofed, filtered and bottled.
The result is a deep amber-brown whiskey with medium viscosity. It's nose is like preparing to eat a caramel toffee candy while baking rye bread. It has a lightly creamy mouthfeel with a bright and sweet peppery bight of clove surrounded by soft oak. The finish explodes with buttery toasted vanilla, spicy-sweet rye grass, and lingers long with sweet-corn. This is a fantastic super-premium sipping rye. But it also rocks your favorite rye whiskey cocktail.