J.J. Pfister Rye Whiskey

J.J. Pfister Rye Whiskey comes from J.J. Pfister Distilling Company in Sacramento, California, a craft distillery that took its name from a Swiss immigrant who founded a San Francisco knitting company in 1876, a business that survived the 1906 earthquake and won recognition at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition. The distillery's logo pairs a knitting machine with a copper still in tribute.

Pfister is known for its organic gin, vodka and rum, and for whiskey it took the blender's route: the rye is sourced from Indiana and selected and blended by the Pfister team, then bottled at 100 proof. The distillery describes a balanced mouthfeel with rich holiday spice, cherry and banana bread, and recommends it neat or on the rocks, though at 100 proof it has plenty of backbone for a Manhattan or an Old Fashioned. It is a solid Northern California craft rye and a good pick for anyone who likes to support the state's smaller distilleries.

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