Generic for single-malt whiskey distilled from predominately rye mash combined with a lesser quantity of corn mash. Mainly refers to American whiskey, but is also a term used by Canadian distillers (in which case, unless specifically noted otherwise, really denotes a blended whiskey). In the main, rye is quite like Bourbon but, with a few exceptions, is drier (not as sweet) tasting. Historically, rye was produced mostly in Pennsylvania and aged in warehouses along the Monongahela River, though currently it is made along side the more popular Bourbon in the places Bourbon is produced. "Straight rye whiskey" in the United States means whiskey produced from a mash of at least 51% rye grains, distilled below 160 proof, aged at least two years in new, charred oak barrels, and diluted with nothing other than water.
Drinks made with Rye Whiskey:
- Deshler Cocktail
- 'Flu Cocktail
- London Cocktail (Whiskey)
- Dandy Cocktail
- Lawhill Cocktail
- Ink Street Cocktail
- Hot Deck Cocktail
- Ward VIII
- Capetown Cocktail
- Elk's Own Cocktail
- Approve Cocktail
- Commodore Cocktail
- Blinker
- Fox River Cocktail
- Dry Cocktail
- Brooklyn Cocktail
- Cablegram Cocktail
- Mountain Cocktail
- New 1920 Cocktail
- New York Cocktail
- Old-Fashioned Appetizer
- "Old Pal" Cocktail
- Opening Cocktail
- Oriental Cocktail
- Palmer Cocktail
- Pick-Up
- Rattlesnake Cocktail
- Rah-Rah-Rut
- Rock and Rye Cocktail
- Russel House Cocktail
- Rye Whiskey Cocktail
- Sazerac Cocktail
- Scoff-Law Cocktail
- "S. G." Cocktail
- Soul Kiss Cocktail No. 2
- Temptation Cocktail
- T. N. T. Cocktail
- Up-to-Date Cocktail
- Zazarac Cocktail
- Byrrh Cocktail