Dancing Goat Distillery–I Would RYE 4 U Cambridge, Wisconsin, USA NOSE: Blackberries, dates, currants, cardamom, brown sugar, custard sweetness. PALATE: Jammy sugared berries, sweet oak tannins, baking spice undertones (nutmeg, allspice), caramel, vanilla. Some sources mention toffee, shortbread, chocolate biscotti, bready sweetness, and fennel/cinnamon spiciness. FINISH: Warming with fruit (strawberry/raspberry), spice (cinnamon), lingering oak. Heats up with cinnamon covering fruit and caramel notes, fumed oak present. AWARDS: ASCOT Awards 2023: Platinum. NOTES: A six-barrel blend aged 6.5 years in once-used bourbon barrels, then finished for 6 months in freshly dumped petit syrah port wine barrels. 110.4 proof/55.2% ABV).