Rye Whiskey, Three Chamber

• Limited release rye whiskey produced by Leopold Bros in Denver, Colorado
• Distilled from a mash bill of 80% Abruzzi rye and 20% floor malted barley
• Open-top fermented for 7 days in cypress vats using specialty ale yeast
• Distilled in Leopold Bros’ Vendome three-chamber still
• Aged 9 years
• A warm, grain-forward nose of toasted sourdough, fresh butter, orange, and lavender with a chewy, richly textured palate of honey, coffee, red apple, and buttered rye toast
• Non-chill filtered; bottled at a cask strength of 54% – 56% ABV (ABV varies batch to batch)

Leopold Bros’ Three Chamber Rye releases are a faithful re-engineering of the “golden age” of rye whiskey distillation, achieved by using the distillery’s famous three-chamber still. While there are only four active three-chamber stills in the world today, they were once commonly used by American whiskey makers, from Jack Daniels to Stitzel-Weller, until they fell out of favor shortly after Prohibition due to their lack of efficiency. Leopold Bros commissioned Vendome Copper and Brass Works to painstakingly recreate a three chamber still using old manuscripts and, in 2016, distilled the first whiskey in a three-chamber still in over fifty years. Produced using Abruzzi rye—a low-starch Italian rye favored by pre-Prohibition distillers—and vatted in small batches of casks between 52% and 59% ABV, this is both the oldest and highest-proof Leopold Bros Three Chamber Rye to date!