Wyoming Whiskey Announces 2024 Release of Outryder Straight American Whiskey | One More Dram

Wyoming Whiskey has announced the 2024 release of Outryder Straight American Whiskey.

This year’s release marks the seventh Outryder iteration for Wyoming Whiskey and is the first release to blend a traditional high-rye bourbon with a rye whiskey. Past releases have been blends of a high-rye bourbon with an even higher rye bourbon, dubbed an “almost rye whiskey” by Wyoming Whiskey.

More about the history of Outryder below:

In 2010, co-founder David DeFazio requested Wyoming Whiskey’s distiller at the time, Bourbon Hall of Famer Steve Nally, to develop a rye. Nally expressed reluctance; he didn’t want to make a rye and communicated his distaste for the spirit and its notorious difficulty to work with, as it tends to clog up machinery and complicate the production process. The founders encouraged Nally to reconsider, and he ultimately surrendered to the request. Two different whiskies were laid down in late 2011, nearly 100 barrels of “rye” and 200 barrels of bourbon made with rye. In 2016, after Nally had left Wyoming Whiskey, it was time to bottle. New distiller Sam Mead called DeFazio to explain that the whiskey Nally had produced was only 48% rye, which disqualified it from the rye whiskey category. The team was stunned. DeFazio called Nally and said, “I want you to know that the ‘rye’ you made is spectacular — but why did you use only 48% rye in the mash bill?” Nally responded with an implied smirk, “Because I told you I didn’t want to make a rye.” Thus, Wyoming Whiskey Outryder was born.

The 2024 release of Outryder Straight American Whiskey features a 51% rye recipe combined with the standard high rye bourbon, blended at a 2.5 ratio of bourbon to rye barrels.

Bottled at 50% ABV (100 proof), the 2024 release of Outryder Straight American Whiskey is described as having aromas of “baked orchard fruit with cinnamon and chocolate hazelnut.” The palate exhibits flavors of “maple syrup with candied walnuts and orange bitters.” It finishes with “lingering chocolate and espresso bean.”

At launch, the 2024 release of Outryder will be available exclusively in Wyoming at a suggested retail price of $84.99.

Source: Wyoming Whiskey.