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Oppidan Malted Rye, 46%

Price: 50 Issue: Spring 2016 Reviewer: Lew Bryson Category: Rye Whiskey

Nasty smell of chicken coop: dried guano, some ammonia, and dust, with grain underneath. Happily, it tastes quite a bit better. Sweet grain, snap of rye spice, some dry cocoa powder, but there's still a dustiness to it, and a distinct small-barrel woodiness. Hard to get past that aroma. Seems like there's more than one problem here.