Dark roasted coffee | Dark brown sugar | Burnt coffee | Light cinnamon | Potent

Dark roasted coffee | Coffee ice cream | Leans towards sweet

Espresso | Dark brown sugar | Leather | Touch of bitterness | Oak

Infused whiskey is a small but growing subset of American whiskey. Standard Proof Whiskey Co.’s infusion series takes this particular style and runs full sprint with it. The company’s infusions range from wildflower and ginger root, to coffee, pineapple, and mint. Rather surprisingly, all of their base whiskeys are rye. Coffee infused rye? Who would have thought?

Aptly named Red Eye Rye, Standard Proof’s coffee infused rye is a banger right out of the gate. Bold coffee notes are tasted throughout and deciding on 80 proof as opposed to a more typical lower liqueur-style proof, allows the flavors to flourish. Red Eye Rye is decidedly not overly sweet or bitter in any one direction. It finds good balance allowing it to be a solid sipper if you’re in the mood for this particular style of infused whiskey. Its rye base is a non-factor, at least on a surface level. It may be doing some heavy lifting behind the scenes but for the most part, it's largely unintrusive. Like all of Standard Proof infused whiskeys, there is a time and place for them, but if a particular infusion piques your interest, these are across the board well done infused whiskeys.