The South & Southeast

Because the good old boys are still drinking whiskey and rye. Long before the settlers of Kentucky put corn mash into their copper stills and called it bourbon, the Scots and Irish of the Eastern seaboard were using an Old-World grain: rye. An essential ingredient in the classic Manhattan cocktail, this original American whiskey is now making a comeback in the heart of Bourbon Country in the form of excellent aged ryes such as Rittenhouse, Van Winkle, and Sazerac. To taste it at the source, visit Heaven Hill Distilleries, which makes Rittenhouse. Buffalo Trace Distillery is the place for Sazerac and Van Winkle.

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