Angel’s Envy 2023 Cask Strength Rye Review | The Daily Pour
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Angel’s Envy 2023 Cask Strength Rye

Rye Angel's Envy
  • Distiller

    MGP

  • Bottler

    Angel's Envy

  • ABV

    57.2%

  • Age

    NAS

  • Price $200+

The first cask-strength rye from Angel's Envy, this expression was distilled from a mashbill of 95% rye and 5% malted barley by MGP in Indiana. Angel's Envy took the whiskey, aged between five and seven years, and finished part of it in sauternes wine barrels for three years and some in toasted French and American oak barrels for six months. Notably, this and the annual cask-strength bourbon are the first releases under the helm of Angel's Envy's new master distiller, Owen Martin.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 94
  • Whisky Advocate
  • By Julia Higgins
  • The finish keeps a good thing going, redolent with black raspberry ice cream, cortado coffee, and rich chocolate.
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  • Raided Score: 90
  • Distiller
  • By Jake Emen
  • The palate is rich, with burnt caramel, poached pears in syrup, and buttery pie crust, also offering cloves and resinous pine sap.
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  • Raided Score: 88
  • The Daily Pour
  • By T8ke
  • This is an absolute stunner holds such an orthogonal profile compared to Angel's Envy standard rye.
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  • Raided Score: 94
  • Robb Report
  • By Jonah Flicker
  • Add a little bit of water if you want to proof it down a bit, but this whiskey is strong without being too hot.
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  • Raided Score: 95
  • The Whiskey Wash
  • By Nino Kilgore-Marchetti
  • One doesn’t normally expect a rye whiskey to be a sipper you can enjoy with dessert. This one defies that norm easily.
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House Review
  • Nose:

    Syrupy and rich on the nose, full of baked apple, brioche, toffee, butterscotch and baking spice.

  • Taste:

    Moderate mouthfeel with a pleasant combination of viscosity, sweet syrupy sauternes and rippin’ rye spice. Tons of cracked pepper, clove, rye spice and toffee. Apple bake, cinnamon, nutmeg and butterscotch.

  • Finish:

    Long finish with a prickle of ethanol, sweet syrupy caramel, toffee, white grape, baking spice and brioche.

  • Overall:

    This is an absolute stunner holds such an orthogonal profile compared to Angel's Envy standard rye. This is on the money.

  • Score:

    88

  • 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