Dry Fly - Triticale Whiskey

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Tasting Notes: Dry Fly Straight Triticale Whiskey

Vital stats: Straight whiskey using triticale grain for the mash, aged three years in new American oak barrels and bottled at 90 proof. A 750-milliliter bottle sells for somewhere between $30 and $50.

Appearance: Either in the glass or in the bottle, Dry Fly Straight Triticale Whiskey takes a rich, amber color, a touch darker than average but well within the normal hue for whiskey.

Nose: A sniff brings a gentle waft of sweet vanilla with a faint but apparent undercurrent of wheat that gradually gives way to a bouquet dominated by rye, still sweet but more like an earthy, spicy caramel, with notes of pepper, cloves, allspice and touches of lavender and smoke.

Palate: Much like with the nose, a sip rolls onto the tongue on like a sweet wheaty vanilla, fairly nondescript with faint touches of flowers and spices. That lingers on the tongue for a few seconds before the rye once again begins to make an entrance, bringing with it spices like pepper and cloves. Those elements grow stronger as that sip sits on the tongue, but doesn’t have the unrelenting intensity that more potent ryes often carry.

Swallowing brings a burst of spicy rye – though again milder than most straight ryes – but that quickly fades to back to that sweet, wheaty vanilla, but earthier this time with notes of that residual spicy rye gently flaring up for a few seconds as the whiskey leaves a light coat on the tongue.