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Kentucky’s Town Branch Expands Into Rye Whiskey

March 3, 2014 – Town Branch, the Lexington distillery owned by Pearse Lyons’ Alltech conglomerate, is adding a rye whiskey to its lineup. The Lexington Herald-Leader’s Janet Patton reports Town Branch Rye will make its debut this month in Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana, joining Town Branch Bourbon and the Pearse Lyons Reserve single malt.

Town Branch has been distilling small amounts of rye whiskey for the last several years at both its original distillery located inside the Lexington Brewing Company and the new Town Branch Distillery that opened across the road last year. According to the Herald-Leader, master distiller Mark Coffman is using a mashbill of 55% rye, 30% corn, and 15% malted barley to make the whiskey, which is matured for four years at warehouses in the Bardstown area.

Town Branch Rye is expected to sell for around $50 a bottle, and will be available in limited amounts. A release party is planned for March 13 in Lexington.

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