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Southern Star Double Rye

Rye Southern Distilling
  • Distiller

    MGP, Southern Distilling Company

  • Bottler

    Southern Distilling Company

  • ABV

    44%

  • Age

    NAS

  • Price $1 to $29.99

Southern Star Double Rye is a blend of sourced and in-house straight rye whiskeys finished in bourbon barrels. Part of the Specialty Collection, it is bottled at 88 proof and priced at around $29.99.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 85
  • Drinkhacker
  • By Drew Beard
  • An approachable rye for those getting into the category but perhaps not big enough for proper cocktailing or complex enough for the diehard rye lover.
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  • Raided Score: 88
  • Thirty-One Whiskey
  • By Nick Leghorn
  • A well executed rye whiskey with some darker and richer flavors, and I’d love to see with a version with a little extra time in a barrel.
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  • Raided Score: 92
  • Amongst The Whiskey
  • By Nick Anderson
  • I'm once again incredibly pleased with how well this North Carolina whiskey drinks; it seems evident to me that they've got all of the important pieces of making good whiskey figured out.
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  • Raided Score: 88
  • The Whiskey Wash
  • By Nino Kilgore-Marchetti
  • The Southern Star Double Rye isn’t a sexy whiskey or a wallflower. It holds its own pretty well in the highly crowded rye category, though you’ll likely want to ask for a pour off the back bar before you get a bottle.
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  • Raided Score: 75
  • The Daily Pour
  • By T8ke
  • Overall, Southern’ Star’s Double Rye drinks very approachably for a new brand, and their whiskey is well on its way to being a good shelf offering for a variety of palates. Once they tackle the youthful woodiness, it’s game on.
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House Review
  • Nose:

    Impressive combination of honey, spice, bold pepper, clove, ginger and a touch of barrel char.

  • Taste:

    A touch young and certainly a big hit of young wood, but there’s plenty of peanut butter frosting, caramel, candied apples and some rock candy to keep things interesting.

  • Finish:

    Medium finish, aggressively woody but sweet and pleasant once the oak dies down a touch. Candied pecans, salted caramel, some pleasant honey.

  • Overall:

    Overall, Southern Star’s Double Rye drinks very approachably for a new brand, and this whiskey is well on its way to being a good shelf offering for a variety of palates. Once they tackle the youthful woodiness, it’s game on.

  • Score:

    75

  • Disclosure: The producer provided this sample to review free of charge, and without expectation of review or rating.

  • By T8ke
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources