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Glacier North Fork Rye Whiskey

Rye matured in small barrels followed by solera finishing.source ↗

Taste & production evidence

Rye whiskeysource ↗

Tasting descriptions are attributed opinions. Trait tags are editorial indexing for discovery, not measurements or guarantees. Missing traits mean unknown; unpeated malt does not rule out every smoky note.

Herbal spice and caramel with smoky oak.

Herbal & mintSpiceCaramel & toffeeSmoke

producer tasting · Glacier Distilling Company · Checked 2026-09-11source ↗

Applies to: Producer tasting description for this bottling; sensory character is not a production method.

Profile comparison evidence

Spirit base: Rye whiskeysource ↗ · This named bottling only. Published ages retain minimum-age wording; variable or unstated strengths are not assigned exact ABV.

Cask treatment: Charred oak maturationsource ↗ · This named bottling only. Published ages retain minimum-age wording; variable or unstated strengths are not assigned exact ABV.

Bottling strength: 46% ABVsource ↗ · This named bottling only. Published ages retain minimum-age wording; variable or unstated strengths are not assigned exact ABV.

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Identity

Source-listed style: Rye whiskeysource ↗
Applies to: This named bottling only. Published ages retain minimum-age wording; variable or unstated strengths are not assigned exact ABV.

Raw materials

Mash bill: 51% organic rye from Vilicus Farms, 24% malted rye, 25% corn.source ↗
Applies to: This named bottling only. Published ages retain minimum-age wording; variable or unstated strengths are not assigned exact ABV.

Maturation

Solera scope: Started in 2011 and never fully emptied; that date is not the age of every component.source ↗
Applies to: This named bottling only. Published ages retain minimum-age wording; variable or unstated strengths are not assigned exact ABV.

Bottling

Alcohol by volume: 46%source ↗
Applies to: This named bottling only. Published ages retain minimum-age wording; variable or unstated strengths are not assigned exact ABV.

Wood & maturation

Initial maturationsource ↗

Cask type: 15-gallon char #3 white oak from the Barrel Mill

Duration: At least 2 years

Solera finishingsource ↗

Technique: Younger and older whiskies are blended in a system that is never fully emptied.

Connected records

distilled atGlacier Distilling Company ↗source ↗

Producer documents in-house distillation; house methods are not automatically inherited by this expression.

Sources & provenance

Glacier North Fork Rye Whiskey — producer listing ↗

Glacier Distilling Company · Checked 2026-09-11

Glacier Distilling Company — production ↗

Glacier Distilling Company · Checked 2026-09-11