Outryder is Wyoming Whiskey's bottled-in-bond blend of two mashbills — a high-rye bourbon and a straight rye — the distillery's first work with rye grain. It sits in its own lane in American whiskey: not quite bourbon, not quite rye, and better for it.

Mood: Frontier, layered, bonded.

Tasting notes

Baked apple, caramel and a thread of leather, with rye spice lifting behind. Full and creamy — brown sugar and vanilla up front, moderate rye spice through the middle, a whisper of oak. Long and warm, the spice fading into bourbon-like sweetness.

Pairing

Sip neat to feel the bonded weight, or stir into a Manhattan that wants extra spine. Pairs with smoked brisket or aged hard cheese.

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