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I have seen it a couple places but for $28 it cost I'd rather get some opinions 1st.

Never had it but i read many reviews on it.
There's no corn. Like rye 80% then Malt. Dickel's Maple Mellowing. 5 years.

I googled a little, seems it's an LMI distillate with the typical rye mashbill 95% rye, 5% barley malt. So very like Bulliet rye with a little more age and charcoal filtered before being barreled.

What's LMI?

I've seen Bulleit Green. It's like 90% rye. Probably lot more spicy and spiky then Dickel.

Dickel Select has a lot of power. It's not a rye.

I bought a couple bottles for $20/750ml. I hear it's very similar to Bulleit Rye, but I haven't popped a cork yet.

(I think he meant LDI distillate)

I bought one and I quite enjoy it. It's herbal and inky like the Bulliet, but then there's the signature Dickel charcoal mellowness. I quite like it and it will be replacing my Bulliet Rye most likely.

LDI is/was Lawenceburg Distillers Indiana, now it's MGPI, still the largest provider of bulk whisky in the country. Any brand that says 95% rye is MGPI.

Just bought a bottle the other day for $32. Yea, that's kinda expensive but still cheaper than Bulleit Rye, which is the same LDI/MGPI juice. It has that signature herbal/mint/grassy LDI house flavor and none of the typical Dickel "vitamin" flavor. So far it's winner for me and I hope the price comes down some. The LDI 95% rye offers something that Ritt BIB just doesn't have. Cant quite describe it though, and I'll let those with more experienced palates figure that house flavor out.

Eric

I found a bottle for $21, it is not entirely dissimilar to the bulliet but it is it's own juice too. I get char from it I don't get from bulliet.

Finally found a bottle in this area. With 101 Rye gone, I need a sub $30 go-to rye.

Options around here are severely limited (no Ritt) in that regard, so it's pretty much either Bulleit or Dickel (though I'll try Jim Pepper next).

I must say, I'm still not quite sure what to make of the Dickel. The flavors are really wonderful, but there's something a little too subdued about them. It's got a little sweetness that's lacking in the Bulleit. Bulleit seems more spicy, minty and dry in comparison.

Love the overall flavor profile, and I think I do like it a touch more than the Bulleit, but it feels like it's lacking some sort of punch.

Not sure if it's an "absence makes the heart grow fonder" thing, but I preferred Turkey 101 Rye. '

Nice whisky that I'll certainly buy again though.

I have a bottle that I have not opened yet -- will post as soon as I get done with (or tired of) my overly-woody Whistle Pig. N.B., price varies a lot on this. I picked mine up for app. $22 in Delaware but where I live in NY it goes for $34. Just shopping locally, my go to budget rye (now that WT101 is no longer) would be Rittenhouse BIB, but that is strangely cheaper here in NY (app. $22-25) than elsewhere.

WT 101 Rye is still being made.
Joe

Joe: do you mean it is being produced but stockpiled, cause it's not on the shelves...

prospector wrote:Joe: do you mean it is being produced but stockpiled, cause it's not on the shelves...

Maybe not in your area but it is still on shelves.
Joe

I can find it at one place locally (old stock) but it is not currently being bottled as far as I understand and has been replaced as an 81 proof rye until they make more rye to keep up with demand.