The Last Call

 Five & 20 Spirits Deep Water 7 Year Old Rye Whiskey Review.      I received this spirit as a review sample from Five & 20 Spirits  link here . It is important to clarify this did not impact the ratings of this review.      Over the past year I've had the pleasure of reviewing several releases  from Five and 20 Spirits. Their standard rye is a great intro to craft rye whiskey, Even at the "younger" age, it really had potential. Seeing they offered a seven year bottling really hit well with me. Now Five & 20 is basically split into two sides, the brewery  and spirits. The great thing is all their grains are locally grown in  New York and they even list the farms on their website. On top of this, they are aging, distilling, bottling, everything on their own. Plus, when it comes to finishing they are using their own in house wine, sherry, and beer casks. Honestly, seeing this level of craft is amazing. It truly makes the pr...

 Five & 20 Spirits Deja-Vu Pale Ale Finished Rye Whiskey Review. I received this spirit as a review sample from Five & 20 Spirits linked here . It is important to clarify this did not impact the ratings of this review.     Now, I've always been up for unique  finishing specially when to comes to craft distilleries. They tend to focus on something different and lets them stand apart from the crowd. Now, Five & 20 Spirits based out of Westfield New York has been one of my contact revisits in reviews. They just seem to know what it takes to represent craft spirits, using local grans, aging, distilling, bottling it themselves, and using in house barrels for finishing.     This offering is quite different than want we will typically see in a finishing. Essentially, they are taking their rye whiskey and finishing in pale ale casks. And not just any pale ale casks, but casks that held Five & 20 brewery ale. This should allow their profile...