Whiskey Review: Timber Creek Florida Black Rye

This isn’t an overly complex rye (to be expected of such a young rye), but it is robust without being overly intense, and touches a broad spectrum of flavors and notes. This is also a rye that opens as it breaths, with more subtleties of flavor emerging with time. It’s an interesting comparison with Michter’s US1 Straight Rye, which is a little spicier. In the Timber Creek Florida Black Rye, if you want to enhance the sweet notes, try it over a vanilla custard ice cream for an adults-only dessert. And, the end-notes of licorice make it an interesting choice for a Rye Sazerac. I’d think it could hold its own in any whiskey-forward rye cocktail, as the addition of bitters or sweet ingredients (like a proper maraschino cherry) enhance different notes in the rye. rnrnSimilar to Timber Creek’s bourbons, this is a young rye but not lacking – its youth seems to work in its favor. It all bodes well and certainly piques my interest for what the distiller may produce in the coming years.