Rye

Rye Whiskey

Rye Whiskey is a rye at 43% ABV, used in 7 drinks on this site.

Not to be confused withBourbon (Corn-forward and legally at least 51% corn in the mash; rye's mash is majority rye grain instead, which is where its drier, spicier profile comes from.)
A bottle of Old Overholt Straight Rye Whiskey, showing its cream label with the founder's portrait
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A bottle of Old Overholt Straight Rye Whiskey, showing its cream label with the founder's portrait

Composition

Strength43% ABV
Density0.94 g/ml
Sugar0.1 g per 100
Acid—
Energy250 kcal per 100
Animal originNone
Allergensnone listed

USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy) · 174819. Alcoholic beverage, distilled, whiskey, 86 proof. Public domain. USDA carries no record split out for rye specifically, so the same generic distilled-whiskey record used for this site's bourbon record is used here too. 86 US proof is 43% alcohol by volume by definition, close to the record's own measured ethanol-against-density figure of 42.9%. Standard ryes bottle from about 40% (Wild Turkey Rye) to 50% (Rittenhouse Bonded), and a bottle away from 43% moves every figure a drink using it computes. Gluten is not flagged: the spirit is distilled from grain and carries no protein through the still.

Used in these drinks

most first

Substitutes

Bourbon: Rounder and sweeter where rye is drier and spicier; a Manhattan made with it drinks softer and less peppery, with the vermouth reading sweeter against it.

A general substitute is a browsing aid rather than a drink-specific claim. Where a particular drink has a substitution worth making, it says so on its own page and recomputes the spec for it.