FEW Spirits 6 Year Old Rye 2016 - The Heart Cut #5
FEW Spirits
Tasting Notes
The FEW Rye 2016, bottled by independent specialist The Heart Cut, represents an innovative marriage between American craft distilling and French wine cask finishing. Distilled at Chicago's FEW distillery in 2016 and aged for six years, this expression received a distinctive finish in a Sauternes wine cask before being bottled in May 2023 at 50% ABV, yielding just 441 bottles. The sweet wine cask influence creates an intriguing transformation of FEW's robust rye spirit, introducing delicate aromas of lemon drops, succulent apricot, and peach tea, complemented by the comforting warmth of hot buttered crumpets. The palate offers a delightful interplay of lemon meringue pie and rich demerara sugar, while subtle baking spices remind us of the whiskey's rye foundation. Each 50cl bottle captures a unique experiment in cross-cultural whiskey craftsmanship, demonstrating how innovative cask finishing can create new dimensions in American rye whiskey.