Metamodernity Cherry Wood

Notes of almond cherry sponge cake soaked in cognac. Single Malt Empire Rye 100% danko rye grown by Thor Oeschner in the Finger Lakes Malted and cherry smoked 2+ years, New Charred American Oak, Char #4 Finished in a reconstructed barrel with salvaged cherry wood barrel heads  750mL 48.5% Alc. by Vol. Suggested Serve All on it's lonesome. Drink by the fire, with a companion.   Into the Bottle Malt is an elegant design. Grain is steeped and drained, steeped and drained - prompting germination. This instigates the development of enzymes -- which modifies the starch into simple sugars to be used for energy in the would-be-growing plant. But our objective isn't to grow a plant, it's to make a beer.. that will be distilled into a whiskey. To do that, we need those enzymes. And so, the grains are dried, which halts the sprouting process, preserves the enzymes and the starch, and, as a happy upside, builds the flavor.Metamodernity Cherry wood is a Single Malt Empire Rye made from mal