Backwoods Wild Rye
Backwoods Wild RyeBackwoods Wild Rye. This handcrafted product is twice-distilled from a mash bill of malted rye, barley and wheat. It can be enjoyed neat or is a great base for many cocktails. Tasting notes include: An earthy, fresh, rye bread aroma. Toasty, biscuit-like sweetness and a dry, spicy finish.
500ml, 42% ABV
Award winning spirit: 2019 Australian Spirit Awards – Bronze Medal, 2019 Drink Easy Awards – Top 10 Whiskies (Aged and Unaged)
Domaine des Hautes Glaces Ceros Rye Whisky
Domaine des Hautes Glaces Ceros Rye WhiskyDomaine des Hautes Glaces Ceros Rye Whisky. Double distillation under fire wood. 46 months in French Oak Barrels. No cold filtration, no additives. The colour and the alcohol percentage are completely natural.
Tasting Notes:
Colour: Copper
Nose: Gourmand, croissant pastry with a touch of spices and ginger
Taste: The sharp attack gives way to a creamy body (gingerbread, grapes, Kougloff ) then moves towards more saline tones (olive bread) and zesty (lemon, ginger)
Koval Single Barrel Rye Whiskey 500ML
Koval Single Barrel Rye Whiskey 500MLKoval Single Barrel Rye Whiskey 500ML.
Single Barrel. Heart Cut. Organic. Kosher
KOVAL Rye offers a unique mash bill of 100% rye grain, all locally and sustainably sourced in the Midwestern US. This fresh and light whiskey offers mellow and somewhat sweet notes of maple and candy corn, with a classically spicy finish. Works beautifully in classic cocktails such as a Manhattan, Sazerac or Scofflaw, where its grain-forward spiciness balances out the sweetness of other ingredients.
Michter’s Single Barrel Straight Rye Whiskey
Michter’s Single Barrel Straight Rye WhiskeyMichter’s Single Barrel Straight Rye Whiskey. Renowned for rye – America’s oldest whiskey variety – since the earliest days of our history, we take the production of Michter’s US1 Kentucky Straight Rye extremely seriously. Our Michter’s US1 Kentucky Straight Rye is made from select American rye grain that is sheared to maximize the extraction of flavor from the grain. Ideal neat or in cocktails, every bottle comes from a single barrel – a unique attribute reflecting our extraordinary commitment to offering Kentucky Straight Rye whiskey of the absolute highest quality at every level of the Michter’s range. Michter’s US1 Kentucky Straight Rye is also available with personalized Fort Nelson Select labeling at Michter’s Fort Nelson Distillery.
PRODUCTION Single barrel. Limited quantities.
STATE OF DISTILLATION Kentucky
BOTTLING STRENGTH 84.8 proof (42.4% Alcohol by Volume)
COOPERAGE Fire-charred, new American white oak barrels
TASTING NOTES Spice with peppery notes, citrus, butterscotch, oak
Rogue Oregon Rye Malt Whiskey
Rogue Oregon Rye Malt WhiskeyRogue Oregon Rye Malt Whiskey.
One of few malted rye whiskeys, the malting process in Rogue’s hand-crafted Oregon Rye Malt softens the spice notes typical of rye whiskeys and makes for a more approachable whiskey that builds in flavor. The barley in the mash bill (52% rye, 48% barley) further rounds out the taste and mouthfeel creating an easy sipping experience. Complex nuttiness is softened by light caramel and a hint of citrus leading to cinnamon, nutmeg and black pepper.
BARREL: New American Oak Char 3
Ingredients: 2-Row, Munich & Rye Malt; Pacman Yeast & Free Range Coastal Water.
The Gospel Tawny Cask Rye Whiskey
The Gospel Tawny Cask Rye WhiskeyThe Gospel Tawny Cask Rye Whiskey
Our mature Straight Rye Whiskey mellowed for a further 4 months in a 9 year Tawny Fortified Wine barrel from Dutschke Wines, a family operated Barossa winery.
RYE IS THE GOSPEL
It is widely believed that whiskey was first distilled for medicinal use by monks and apothecaries in Scotland and Ireland. The distillation of whiskey evolved as it moved from monastic to secular, as it did with the path of migration over hundreds of years.
Early Scotch-Irish settlers in the USA used rye to make whiskey because barley didn’t adapt to the North American climate. These conditions are also true for the dry climate of Australia, where we set out to reimagine this original American spirit using 100% Australian rye.
We use proven techniques of the world’s most famous distilleries, coupled with the attention to detail that only a craftsman can offer, to create rye whiskey with passion, integrity, tradition and belief.
THE DISTILLERY
The Gospel founders Ben Bowles and Andrew Fitzgerald are long term disciples of the craft of distilling. Ben, a South Carolina native, learnt how to distil before he was old enough to drive.
Set in the backstreets of Melbourne’s eclectic Brunswick neighbourhood, Ben and Andrew designed and built a distillery big enough to match their dreams, but small enough to remain hands on where it matters. With the help of family and friends, the distillery was built over an 18 month period. It features a six metre high continuous column still, designed and built in-house, as well as a bespoke Copper Pot still.
The Gospel wider team are an experienced group of wine makers and brewers, all of whom have a fierce love for deliciously unpretentious rye whiskey.
OUR TRUTHS
ABSOLUTE TRUTH & DISCOVERY
We are honest, always staying true to and standing up for our beliefs, and we are inquisitive, always seeking to find the truth through discovery and exploration of the unknown.
WE SUPPORT COMMUNITY
We are firm believers in community. From the single farmer where we source our rye grain, to the wider hospitality community who have been impacted by COVID, we prop up the communities who support us, and give back to like-minded communities where we can.
COMMITMENT TO CULTURE AND CREATIVITY
Born in Brunswick, Melbourne, culture and creativity is intrinsic to our attitude and weaved in to our spirit. We seek to shine a light on the creative community that inspires us.
RYE FANATICS
Rye, a particularly ornery grain, can destroy the soul of the most resolute distiller. Our unwavering passion for rye, and ability to bend the grain to our will, gives you – drinker, follower, believer, fanatic – a whiskey to be enjoyed.
Whiskey is religion. Rye is The Gospel.
Willett Straight Rye Whiskey
Willett Straight Rye WhiskeyWillett Straight Rye Whiskey. Willett Family Estate Bottled Straight Rye is aged in hand selected white oak barrels for 3 years after which it is hand bottled at cask strength. Distilled, and aged at Willett, this 3 year old straight rye whiskey is a mingling of two different mash bills. They combined a high rye mash bill (74% rye, 11% corn, 15% malted barley) with a lower rye (51% rye, 34% corn, 15% malted barley). A larger percentage of the high rye mash was used for this 3 year old expression. Non-chill filtered, and bottled at cask strength, this Rye has a surprising amount of depth considering the age. On the nose there is the smell the corn creeping up alongside big beautiful wintergreen, minty rye spice notes. The spices are a bit perfumey, in a good way. On the palate, this young rye explodes with flavour. The sweet corn notes are present, but thankfully the rye wintergreen, mint notes are able to steal the show. This is another great example of an excellent young rye.
