Catoctin Creek Rabble Rouser Straight Rye Whiskey - 750ml

Rabble Rouser has been around for a few years now, having first been released in 2015. Although it has been a four year old expression from the beginning, it was not initially labeled a bottled in bond and therefore can’t be considered as a forerunner of the craft bottled in bond whiskeys that started coming out in 2017. Even so, it was quite novel to have a four year age statement on a craft rye back in 2015.

Catoctin Creek used their house 100% rye mash for making Rabble Rouser, but the distillate isn’t the same as what goes into Roundstone Rye. Instead, they chose to distill it to a lower proof, a choice that puts more of just about everything but alcohol in the new make.