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Putnam Rye Whiskey — Red Wine Cask Finish

Putnam rye finished in red-wine barrels.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.

Sweet and gently spicy.

Spice

producer tasting · Boston Harbor Distillery · 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: New oak, Charred oak maturation, Other wine caskssource ↗ · This named bottling only. Published ages retain minimum-age wording; variable or unstated strengths are not assigned exact ABV.

Bottling strength: 43% 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: 95% rye, 5% malted barley.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: 43%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: Seasoned, toasted and charred new American oak

Finishsource ↗

Prior contents: Red wine

Technique: Re-barreled after initial maturation; duration unstated.

Connected records

distilled atBoston Harbor Distillery ↗source ↗

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

Sources & provenance

Putnam Rye Whiskey — Red Wine Cask Finish — producer listing ↗

Boston Harbor Distillery · Checked 2026-09-11

Boston Harbor Distillery — production ↗

Boston Harbor Distillery · Checked 2026-09-11