14 Essential Bottles of Rye [Timeline]

Bourbon might be referred to as “America’s Native Spirit,” but rye is actually the country’s first whiskey, with distillation predating that of bourbon by several decades. The grain first arrived in the United States in the early 1600s with Dutch and English colonists who settled in the Northeast. Rye’s resistance to disease and drought, not to mention its resilience in cold temperatures, allowed the crop to thrive throughout the region, and attempts to turn it into alcohol occurred as early as 1637. The article 14 Essential Bottles of Rye Timeline] appeared first on [VinePair.