RI KENTUCKY STRAIGHT RYE BOURBON

Description

750ml & 46%

Double Gold Medal, 2009 San Francisco World Spirits Competition

Gold Medal, 2009 International Review of Spirits

Bronze, Beverage World’s Global Packaging Awards, 2008

ri)1, or “rye one,” is touted as an ultra premium rye whiskey from Beam-Suntory. From the marketing materials, bottling presentation, and goofy name, I’d guess they’re going after high-end mixed drink market. It seems to hit the mark as it has a mass-market appeal of light, crisp, and refined flavors. Beam was one of a small handful of companies regularly producing rye whiskey before it became trendy again. As a result, it seems reasonable Beam would interesting in branching out their portfolio of products.

(ri)1 is aged a minimum of 4-5 years and that’s about all the info Beam provides.