Bulleit (“e” before “i” in this case) Rye is damned good. I think it was Pork Rind that mentioned it’s the same distillate in a thread before as the more expensive Templeton, right?
Actually, here’s the thread where we talk about Bulleit and Templeton.
I keep hearing more and more about Kirkland (Costco) vodka, I know I even read about it here.
Exactly. Both ryes are the same recipe made by MGP in Lawrenceburg Indiana.
Another fun fact: for those who are favorably comparing Four Roses to Bulleit bourbon, guess who distills Bulleit? Hint: it’s Four Roses. Bulleit has no distillery.
Templeton! About 4 years ago, it was nowhere to be found, much to the chagrin of a transplanted Iowan I know. Unless you wanted to pay a premium online. Now it’s not hard to find in decent liquor stores.
Jim Beam Rye (yellowish label) is a steal at $20. It’s much better than the standard stuff and only a few notches below where the typical $38 bourbons are. The only downside is that I’ve never seen it in handles.
If I’d known there was gonna be a spelling test, I wouldn’t have started drinking before opening the thread. 
Ok, so am I correct in thinking there’s only one rye distiller in the U.S.? Meaning, the bottle of Old Overholt I bought today and the bottle of Whistle Pig I didn’t were from the same distillery, and the only variance between them is the barrel picked, where it’s bottled (and perhaps aged), and the proof it’s sold at? Because I’d believe that this is a different barrel of Bulleit (thanks pulykamell, I would have spelled it a variety of wrong ways forever), watered to a different proof.
But if I’m wrong, is there somewhere that someone has compiled a handy list of who distills what?
It’s not quite that simple. A single distillery might make any number of contract bourbons, each with a different mash bill. Or they might make one distillate, and just select different barrels at different ages for the various product. Could go either way.
And yes, the return of Four Roses to these shores is a welcome thing. Good stuff.
I drink everything :p, but one I haven’t seen mentioned yet is Blackheart spiced rum. 93 proof, and $19.99 for a 1.75l in South Carolina by me. Great stuff for Cuba Libres and other rum drinks.
A vote for the various Costco-branded alcohol: they now have two types of vodka (French and US), there’s a tequila (añejo), etc. I find for the liquor, it may not be quite at the level of ‘sipping’ quality, but it’s pretty darn close. And inexpensive enough that you don’t feel bad about using it as a mixer.
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Can you drink it straight? When we sail local State Park lakes, alcohol is prohibited. So we crack the seal and pass it around till empty immediately prior to launch. Cap’n Morgan works for that. Blackheart worth trying?
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Yep. Not bad at all. I don’t usually drink rum neat, but this is pretty good.
Thanks! Will try some.
I don’t know about there only being one rye distillery in all of the US. I’ve been to the Copper Fox distillery and seen every step of the process from A - Z and seen them fill the bottles for distribution. I’m sure that there are other small batch distilleries of rye out there.
When I want some liquor I get an ~$8 bottle of Bowman’s vodka and some orange juice.
No, there’s several distillers doing rye. Just from your post, Bulleit comes from MGP, Old Overholt is made by Jim Beam, and Whistlepig comes from an unidentified Canadian source, possibly Alberta Springs. Buffalo Trace makes rye, as does Heaven Hill, Jim Beam, Wild Turkey, Barton and, I think, Brown Forman. There are others too, but those are the ‘big boys’.
Here’s one version of an industry list, broken out by state.
Here’s a list broken out by major distiller and includes char levels and mashbills. This is a work in progress and a newer version may be down thread. There is some guesswork involved in list list, and a couple of things I believe are errors. Still, far more right than wrong…
Sweet, I was pretty sure I was misinterpreting something, and had it wrong. Thank you for all the info.