Whiskey Review: Ragtime Rye

On paper, Ragtime Rye has everything I would want in a whiskey: it starts out sweet with an evolving tide of spice that flows in with vigor before ebbing back to a sweet flavor. However, this whiskey lacks the complexity that would actually make that pattern interesting for the palate and instead moves from bland sweetness, to somehow both underwhelming and overwhelming spice, and back to bland sweetness. While Ragtime Rye isn’t unpalatable, it’s also not memorable. I recommend it as an unostentatious cocktail ingredient.