Sagamore Spirit Double Oak Rye Whiskey is the Baltimore distillery’s twice-barreled rye, built for people who like their whiskey rich. Sagamore ages its Maryland-style rye, a blend of its own distillate and Indiana rye, for four to five years in new charred oak, then moves it into a second barrel fitted with toasted wave staves for roughly eighteen more months. The fresh toasted wood restarts the aging process and pulls in caramel, dark vanilla and a deep amber-chestnut color before bottling at 96.6 proof.
Sagamore describes baking spice, dried orange peel and warm cinnamon on the nose, with smooth caramel, toasted coconut, hazelnut and pecan melding with vanilla on the palate. Breaking Bourbon found butterscotch, seasoned oak, cherry and chocolate on the nose, cherry, grilled peach, burnt orange peel and hazelnut on the palate, and a finish of dry oak, plum, amaretto and baking spice, noting the second barrel pushes it toward bourbon-like oak richness. That makes Double Oak the Sagamore for bourbon drinkers, and a natural for an Old Fashioned. The three-diamond label nods to Sagamore Farm’s thoroughbred heritage.
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