I wanted to share out the latest email I received from New Riff about their upcoming Fall 2023 Whiskey Club Releases.

We are so excited to announce our Fall 2023 Whiskey Club Releases – two 8-year-old whiskeys, the oldest products released by the distillery to date! An older expression of our award-winning 100% Malted Rye, and an inspired Wheated Bourbon will join the “High Note” limited edition lineup. 

These limited-edition bottles will go on sale at 12:00 pm EST on Friday, October 27th. 

Look out for your link to purchase and additional details on Wednesday, October 25th. We can’t wait to share these exciting new releases with you! 

New Riff High Note 8 Year Old 100% Malted Rye Whiskey

• Barrel Proof
• No Chill Filtration
• Aged 8 Years
• Mashbill: 100% Malted Rye
• Tasting Notes: Wood-spiced stone fruits, dusted with cardamom, cedar and citrus zest.
• MSRP $69.99

This rare release stems from several barrels held back for further aging from our first year of Malted Rye production, with barrels filled in December of 2014, and March and May of 2015. The December 2014 barrels are from batch #1 of Malted Rye. We used the same process as our usual Malted Rye Whiskey – Sour mashed, Kentucky Regimen, char #4. This offering stands out from our regular Mated Rye production as an older whiskey, obviously, but it is also barrel proof. 100% Malted Rye whiskeys are still a rare thing in Kentucky and in American whiskey more generally. This whiskey is perhaps the oldest Kentucky Malted Rye ever bottled, it bears the unmistakable savor of a fully matured whiskey, crossed with the delicate spice of Malted Rye. As with all of our whiskeys, we recommend enjoying neat, no ice, with a splash of water.

New Riff High Note 8 Year Old Bohemian Wheat Bourbon Whiskey

• Barrel Proof 
• No Chill Filtration
• Aged 8 Years
• Mashbill: 65% non-GMO corn, 18% Bohemian floor-malted wheat, 10% unmalted wheat, 7% dark wheat.
• Tasting Notes: Honeyed dark fruits with a peppered, toasty-bread finish.
• MSRP $69.99

This release stems from several barrels held back for further aging from our initial release of this recipe, under the “Maltster” label. Inspired by some of their favorite wheat beers, the distillers at New Riff created a Bavarian Dunkelweizen-style Bourbon mash bill, featuring floor-malted Bohemian wheat – the cornerstone of great wheat beer. Together with raw, unmalted wheat and a measure of roasted dark wheat, it creates a unique riff on one of the classic styles of Bourbon. New Riff Bohemian Wheat follows the New Riff production standards, namely, adherence to all the procedures in the Kentucky regimen, certainly including sour mashing, as well as New Riff’s unique step of boiling the unmalted small grains with the corn (here including the raw wheat). This Bourbon is unique from our core offerings because it is wheated, not a rye recipe. This “high wheat” recipe, with 35% of the mashbill comprised of wheat; is technically a “two grain” whiskey, just corn and wheat. It is safe to say there has never been anything like it in Kentucky- a Kentucky wheated Bourbon made with only corn and wheat, let alone inspired by a classic German wheat beer. As with all of our whiskeys, we recommend enjoying neat, no ice, with a splash of water.