Jack Daniel’s Unaged Rye

Clear as Cave Spring water a mashbill of 70% rye “mellowed” by charcoal and ignorant of barrel-aging. It is white dog-brash: fresh wet grain trampled grass and a salty tinge. The spirit is pleasurably smooth and cool sweet in body with a bitter film of rye spice. A gentlemanly clear spirit that’s itching to get into a cocktail; my only real complaint is the price. (This is “a taste of what’s to come” so expect an aged rye to follow.)