Originally Posted by byc
[quote=Raeford]How does "Rye" differ from bourbon? I can't seem to pull the trigger on Rye on the chance that I won't like it.
Would hate to waste it.


This pretty much captures it:

Taste Differences:
There are some generalizations that can be made when tasting Bourbon and Rye:

Bourbon tends to be fuller in b

thanks for that David.

like others I have a bottle of Bulleit Rye in the cabinet, but haven't broken the seal yet.

I bought a humongous bottle of Bulleit Bourbon when Brown Jug opened here for like $34-35

I'm so pizzed I didn't clear their shelves out, just polished the last of it off at the cabin this weekend.

now I only have a six pack of fifth bottles left.

I liked the big bottles, hardly ever drink half or 3/4 of one of those vs. the small bottles frown

I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.