Rossville Union Rye Single Barrel 6 years

This Rossville Union is a single barrel straight rye whiskey produced by Ross & Squipp Distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana which was bottled for the German market. With 113.2 proof, this whiskey is bottled at cask strength.

It began in 1847 with a bold, satisfying taste that would make Indiana the rye capital of the world. For nearly 200 years, Lawrenceburg’s master distillers and blenders have perfected the original handcrafted rye blends in one of America’s last prohibition-era distilleries. Rossville Union is a throwback to the golden age of rye with an authentic flavor that could only come from the Whiskey City. When George Ross opened the Ross & Squibb Distillery in 1847, the small town of Lawrenceburg was on its way to becoming the rye whiskey capital of the world. Kentucky may be known for its bourbon, but Lawrenceburg has always done rye better. For over 200 years, the city has gathered some of the finest master distillers in America. Aside from its prime trading location along the Ohio River, the Ross & Squibb Distillery also benefited from sitting directly atop an aquifer. Water used to make the whiskey was naturally limestone filtered, lowering the sulfur and iron content that negatively affects a whiskey’s taste. The result was a bold, spicy flavor no other region could replicate. The first Lawrenceburg mashbills were produced from a mill powered by a single blind horse. This method meant that the distillery was limited to two barrels of whiskey per week. During Prohibition, the Ross & Squibb distillery was one of the few distilleries able to diversify its production as America’s interest in whiskey waned. If not for this industrial pivot, it is unlikely that the Ross & Squibb Distillery would still exist today and the rebirth of American rye would not have been possible. Rossville Union whiskey is a celebration of the historic Ross & Squibb Distillery that put Lawrenceburg on the map. Distilled at the 1847 Ross & Squibb distillery, Rossville Union brings back the golden age of rye whiskey and perfects the unique blends that all but disappeared during Prohibition.