Sentinel Straight Rye Whiskey, priced at about $40, is crafted with a blend of 95% rye and 5% malt straight rye whiskies aged for two and three years and sourced from Indiana. It is aged in the hot Sonoran desert, finished in freshly harvested mesquited Whiskey Del Bac casks and filtered through mesquite charcoal from the distillery’s malting process.
If a consumer is looking for a smoky rye whiskey, this isn’t it. Despite the marketing of mesquite, if the lack of smoky character isn’t that important to a buyer, Sentinel is a good pickup at a good price.
A sweet, spicy, mildly smoky, untraditional Rye Whiskey; and while a touch hot on the ABV it’s also undeniably tasty and draws you back in to sip, savor, and contemplate.
