Liqueur
Mister Katz’s Rock & Rye
A cocktail in a bottle. The unpretentious one.
The back-room pour. Rock & Rye was the original ready-made drink — rye sweetened with rock candy and steeped with fruit, sold by the saloon for whatever ailed you. Ours revives the recipe without the patent-medicine claims. Pour it neat, over ice, or into anything that needs softening.
The Specs
- ABV
- 32.5%
- Grain
- Ragtime Rye, rock candy, sour and bing cherries, citrus.
- On the palate
- Zesty mandarin orange, apricot, cinnamon, maple syrup, and vanilla on the nose; lightly sweet but balanced, with caramel, butterscotch, and black-pepper rye spice through the finish.
The Story
Mister Katz grew up on the B&O railroad, spitting distance from the old Hannisville Distillery — in the days before Prohibition, when an evening's treat was Rock & Rye on the back bar of every noteworthy establishment. A century later, ours marries youthful rye whiskey and rock candy sugar with sour cherries, cinnamon, and a wisp of citrus. We kept the recipe and dropped the medical claims.
Hardware
- “Rich and honeyed with layers of zesty citrus fruit over underlying spicy rye whisky.” — Difford's Guide
Buy a Bottle Ships where the law allows, or pick it up at the distillery. Also at better bottle shops — find a store.