Leopold Brothers Maryland Style Rye Whiskey

The Leopold Bros Maryland Style Rye is an homage to
a Pre-Prohibition regional style of whiskey making that
has been lost for over fifty years. Immensely popular
with Union Soldiers stationed in Washington DC
during the Civil War, Maryland rye became renowned
for its softer, fruitier character and its reputation only
grew from there. After Prohibition, many of
Maryland’s distilleries were sold off for their property
value, or turned over to industrial enterprises looking
to capitalize on Maryland rye’s reputation with a
cheaper substitute. The last Maryland rye distillery
from that era shuttered its doors in 1972.
Thanks to a friendly collector, Todd Leopold was able
to sample numerous bottles of real Maryland Rye
Whiskey from 60+ years ago and catalogued their
flavor profiles. Working from those tasting notes, the
Leopold Bros’ Maryland Style Rye Whiskey is made
with a mash bill of 65% rye, 15% corn, and 20% of our
beloved floor malted barley.
Using a variant of yeast that brought out the fruitiness
of the rye, rather than its spiciness, the whiskey was
pot distilled and aged five years in our Colorado
dunnage warehouses. The resulting spirit is fruity and
floral at its core with a soft, buttery finish that
emulates the rye whiskies of Maryland’s historic past.