Jimmy Rack Tennessee Straight Rye Cask Strength

A new whiskey from Daddy Rack AKA J. Arthur Rackham, a Brit who's spent over 50 years in drinks, fulfilling his dream of creating a Tennessee whiskey when Daddy Rack launched in 2021 (we featured it in Pour & Sip that summer). Now he’s released a rye, which by law must contain at least 51% rye, but this is 95% rye! (5% malted barley for necessary enzymes, but no corn.)

As a Tennessee whiskey it must be filtered through maple charcoal after distillation (the Lincoln County Process), but all Daddy Rack whiskeys are further mellowed by a second light maple charcoal filtering after they’ve aged in barrels. The lighter than usual char of these barrels, and their position within the rickhouses, are all part of Rackham’s specification with each batch a blend of 20 selected barrels. “A bartender's dream”, and at cask strength an “uncut diamond”.