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92Excellent

Old Overholt Cask Strength Straight Rye Whiskey Aged 12 Years

Rye Old Overholt
  • Distiller

    Beam

  • Bottler

    Beam

  • ABV

    53-65%

  • Age

    12 Years

  • Price $100 to $199.99

In October 2025, Suntory Global Spirits launched Old Overholt Extra Aged Cask Strength 12-Year-Old Rye, a Kentucky-style whiskey distilled in spring 2013 and aged for 12 years across four warehouses in Clermont, Kentucky. The whiskey is presented unfiltered at cask strength, with an ABV ranging from 53% to 65%, and hosts a suggested retail price of $109.99 for a 750 ml bottle.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 88
  • Drinkhacker
  • By Christopher Null
  • The palate is as dry as any whiskey I’ve tasted, those herbal notes becoming a veritable poultice on the tongue.
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  • Raided Score: 95
  • Breaking Bourbon
  • By Eric Hasman
  • Old Overholt Cask Strength 12 Year Rye is a mature and complex whiskey that showcases a beautiful balance of red fruits, spice, and oak without being overly dry or tannic.
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  • Raided Score: 93
  • The Daily Pour
  • By David Morrow
  • A lovely, nuanced and balanced rye whiskey that's rich, deep and delicious
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  • Raided Score: 92
  • Robb Report
  • By Jonah Flicker
  • Overall, this is just a tasty, well-aged, higher-proof, Kentucky-style rye whiskey.
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House Review
  • Nose:

    On the nose, this expression is beautifully, well balanced and packed with rich desserty flavors, spice and a bit of fruit. Peanut brittle and graham cracker crust meet buttermilk, gingerbread, butterscotch, Samoa cookies, tapioca, clove, ricecakes, cherry danish, fig.

  • Taste:

    Very nice palate. A nice amount of oak is joined by more peanut brittle, chocolate-covered cherries, cinnamon, gingerbread, tannin, caramel, orange peel, peaches and cream, clove and leather.

  • Finish:

    The finish brings a hefty dose of oak and plenty of spice — cinnamon, nutmeg, clove and anise — plus orange zest.

  • Overall:

    A lovely, nuanced and balanced rye whiskey that's rich, deep and delicious. This is tremendous, beautiful stuff.

  • Score:

    93

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

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