Redwood Empire's Emerald Giant: A Rye With Something to Say

Redwood Empire Distilling's Emerald Giant Rye is drawing notice for a profile that leans hard into herbal, cooling, alpine territory.

The whiskey blends barrels aged four to seven years, built on a rye-forward mash bill of 92% rye, 5% malted barley, and 3% wheat.

That grain bill is aggressive, and the payoff is a rye that tastes like one, not a bourbon wearing a rye's name.