Rye whisky, Rye whisky,
Rye Whiskey I cry,
If I don’t get Rye Whisky
I surely will Die.
A historical family verse from my Irish side relatives....long time ago.
I wasn’t aware it ever went away.
Neither, it seems, is the nation of Canada.
Jim Beam’s rye isn’t too bad but Old Overholdt is my favorite. For some reason I always enjoyed it more because it wasn’t fashionable.
I like quite a wide variety of whiskey’s, but somehow I’ve never found a rye that caught my attention. I guess it’s just not my thing.
Rye whiskey and Canada Dry ginger ale. Great drink. Rye and coke is good too, albeit a bit more, uh, pedestrian.
I have always had the impression that rye whiskey was more of a holdover from the "old country" and that - if the title wasn't alternately held by rum or hard cider, depending on the era - corn squeezings (bourbon or otherwise) symbolized the young Republic. I must confess that rye was usually out of my price range back when I was an avid whiskey consumer.
Seeing that rye whiskey song just brought back a long-dormant memory of my dad singing it - in what I thought was singing cowboy style - when I was a very young lad. Odd how the synapses will fire with a little help.
Mr. niteowl77
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Rye Whiskey, Rye Whiskey
Rye Whiskey I cry.
If I don’t have Rye Whiskey
I swear that I’ll die!
If the ocean was Whiskey
and I was a duck.
I’d dive to the bottom
and never come up!
Country Western song, sung about 1950 or so. Forget the name of the singer.
I make a corn whiskey and barley-peat malt whisky and both I admit everyone has been happy with. I lean towards Kentukey and Tennessee whiskeys over Scotch whisky, peated malt and sweet sugars can’t be beat.
Rye, I know nothing about, but have an open mind if enough peer pressure is applied... ;-) I’d like a good rye recipe.
Not easy to find outside Iowa, but I get mine at the local Hy-Vee for $30 a bottle. Incredible stuff.
Never tried Rye whiskey .... but I’ll pick some up now. Worst case it goes into the BBQ sauce mixes as a flavor.