Rye Under $35 in Westford

About Rye

Rye whiskey at CBC Liquors in Westford, MA, from straight and bottled in bond bottles to malted and cask strength ryes, available in store, for pickup or delivery. Rye is a whiskey made from at least 51 percent rye grain, which gives it a drier, spicier character than most bourbon. The shelf includes WhistlePig, High West, Clyde May's, Sagamore, Lock Stock, Roulette and New Riff, with straight ryes, a 4 year rye, a 21 year rye, a bottled in bond rye and a malted rye among them. Straight rye has been aged at least two years in new charred oak. Bottled in bond means the whiskey is at least four years old, bottled at 100 proof and made by one distillery in one season. Cask strength ryes are bottled without being cut down with water, so they taste fuller and hotter. Malted rye uses malted grain for a rounder, softer, more cereal-like body. Single barrel rye, a style some distilleries bottle, comes from one cask instead of a blend, so each bottling can vary a little. Rye suits an Old Fashioned, a Manhattan or a neat pour, and you can order it for pickup or delivery.