Just last week, we uploaded our latest podcast episode which featured a lengthy chat with Dean Caplan, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Catoctin Creek Distillery, about the whiskey in the above photo (we also talked about the 1996 film, Flirting With Disaster!). Hot Honey Rye is what they call it, and the name pretty much says it all. It’s spicy, it’s sweet thanks to a healthy dose of honey, and it’s made with Rye Whiskey.
Here’s what Catoctin Creek has to say about this intriguing concoction:
Catoctin Creek Hot Honey Rye™ is a reprise of a very popular Barrel Select offering we did in 2022, and now we’re introducing it as a permanent line extension.
When you take our beautiful, potstilled 100% rye whisky, and you add three types of local Virginia honey (wildflower, clover, and buckwheat) and an infusion of chile peppers, you get something amazing. Because we use real honey, the aroma and flavor of honey are dominant in this whisky, and the honey gives a very pleasant viscosity/mouth feel.
Just as you’re savoring the whisky, the peppers come in with a surprising and delightful bit of heat. Smooth and sweet, with a ZING! This is a fun one!
Catoctin Creek will donate $1 for every bottle sold to local and national organizations that help conserve bees.
We really enjoyed Hot Honey Rye on our first go around with Dean on the podcast, so we figured we should give it the full Murder Table treatment to see if we’d be equally enthused about it during round two. To find out if Hot Honey Rye was just as good the second time around, click play on the following video:
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Many thanks to Catoctin Creek Distillery for sending us this very generous sample!
Categories: Booze Dancing TV, Booze Review, Catoctin Creek
