Forward Slash Holt & Capen Single Barrel Specialty Rye - Selected by Seelbach's

Proof: 110.36

Age: 13 Years Old

About the product: Our Legacy Blends allows us to explore higher age statements, single barrels, and blending well known producers that have been making some of our favorite whiskies for generations. Holt & Capen is our inaugural release under this line extension as a way for us to create more traditional profile bourbon and Rye whiskies.

This Holt & Capen Rye was made specifically for Seelbach’s. We took a 13yr old 95/5 Rye from MGP and let it rest in a Marionberry Mead barrel from Zymarium. The result is a deliciously decadent rye perfect for sipping.

Tasting Notes: Similar to the Allocated Boysenberry Mead Finished Rye, the nose begins to draw you in immediately, from deep honey to heavy fruits to waves of rich, aged rye.

There’s this beautiful, floral-kissed fruit syrup at the front of the sip, immediately moving into a plump, honey-like texture down the tongue, with little nips of candied herbal tingling as it progresses. Underneath all that is a snapshot of this well-aged rye before a saturation of jammy purple fruits blankets the tongue. Compared to the Boysenberry, this one is both a bit darker, yet also a bit more candied and easy to come back to.

The finish stays plump and lively, giving lots of sweet, candied, jammy dark fruit notes with this buttery citrus creaminess. You start to notice more of the herbal, spiced rye character pop out as it finishes, but the notes are so seamless with the finishing that it’s difficult to tell where the base whiskey ends and the finishing begins. The long finish showcases these syrup-coated aged whiskey notes that are honied and gorgeous. 

Just a beautiful, beautiful finished whiskey.