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Sweet Mash Rye Whiskey

Hard Truth Sweet Mash Rye Whiskey is Hard Truth’s debut sweet mash whiskey, a culmination of years of careful planning and precise crafting. The result is a complex, pleasant, quality rye that we’re excited to share with the world. Sweet mash is the distilling process in which each batch of whiskey begins with entirely fresh ingredients. Mash bill one features 94 percent rye and 6 percent malted barley.

Sweet Mash Rye Whiskey
Sweet Mash Rye Whiskey

Spirit Specs

  • Base: Hard Truth Sweet Mash Rye
  • Hard Truth’s debut sweet mash whiskey to market
  • Batch #001 is a small batch of 30, two- to three-year-old barrels, uncut, unfiltered and bottled at barrel strength
  • Available in 750 mL bottles
  • Appearance

    Mahogany
  • Aroma

    Bright notes of mocha, nutmeg, and ripe orchard fruit
  • Taste

    Rich toffee, brown sugar, and peach envelop the palate
  • Finish

    Smooth, with lingering chocolate, oak, and pepper
Sweet Mash Rye Whiskey Recipes
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Sweet Mash Rye Old Fashioned

2 oz. Hard Truth Sweet Mash Rye Whiskey
1 barspoon Simple syrup
2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
Orange peel
Luxardo cherry and orange peel, picked together, to garnish

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Boulevardier

1¼ oz. Hard Truth Sweet Mash Rye Whiskey
½ oz. Campari
¾ oz. Carpano Antica Formula sweet vermouth
Orange twist, to garnish

 

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Gold ‘N Rye

2 oz. Hard Truth Sweet Mash Rye Whiskey
1 oz. Honey chamomile simple syrup*
1 oz. Lemon juice
4 dashes Orange bitters
Chamomile flowers, to garnish

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Rye Mint Julep, 3 Ways

#1: Classic Mint Julep

2 oz. Hard Truth Sweet Mash Rye Whiskey
1 tsp. Sugar
6 Mint leaves
1 Mint sprig, to garnish

#2: Peach Tea Mint Julep

2 oz. Hard Truth Indiana Rye Whiskey
1 oz. Peach tea
6 Mint leaves, to muddle
1 Mint sprig, to garnish>

#3: Rose Mint Julep

2 oz. Hard Truth Sweet Mash Rye Whiskey
½ oz. Honey
¼ oz. Rose water
6 Mint leaves
1 Mint sprig, to garnish

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