I love Stellum. It actually reminds me of my first bottle of Rare Breed Rye. Unfortunately my second bottle of RBR doesn't give me the same experience, but I'm happy to have to Stellum to fill that void. Hopefully my second Stellum lives up to the hype i've placed on it.
Alright....Erin sold me LOL. My wife and I just did a blind of 4 this past weekend, and we both picked the rye. That led to me pulling out a couple more ryes and she apparently is a rye fan. She's always been meh on a lot of the bourbons, but rye it is. I almost picked up the Stellum rye 3 weeks ago, had it in hand, but opted to put it back. But I will say seeing how much you guys (well Erin) loved it I'll definitely be picking it up. Right now my wife and I both love the 7yr Sagamore rye I have as our top rye. Thanks as always for the review and fun video!
I'll be 45 on St. Patty's day, so I'm also not the target demographic, but watched the first movie with my daughter a little over 20 years ago. That intrigued me enough that I ordered the first 3 books, and those got me hooked. I re-read the series every time a new book was released, and even (no shame) belonged to a reading club and fan club. I've dialed it back some in the last 3 years, but still enjoy watching the movies. It - the books *and* the movies - are still my all time favorite series. I read & listened through the Dark Tower series about 7 years ago and also thoroughly enjoyed that, but have not seen the movie (I'm torn, based on reviews)...
We've steered clear of the Dark Tower movie ourselves for similar reasons, despite the cast being amazing, but we're THOROUGHLY enjoying the Potter series. Three books and three movies down as of the typing of this comment and we're starting the fourth book today. Cheers Ceezer!
We forgot to mention the mouthfeel but that was quite surprising as well. Turns out they use some of the 51% rye, 49% malted barley MGP rye in the mashbill as well for that express purpose.
I was drinking a Knob Creek SiB store pick 115 proof rye while watching. Erin inspired me to find my unopened bottle of Stellum rye which I bought a few months ago based on other reviews. Definitely a high rye rye, I really like it. Reminds me of some of the Willett 4 year old small batch rye which I love but at a much better price. Has great rye spice while avoiding the overly grassy vegital notes that can be off putting to me. As far as your other 3 picks, I concur with the first two but would pick the OF 1910 or 1920 over the 1897. Just had a tasting of the full Whiskey Row series and liked the 1910 best that day although I buy the 1920 more often. Cheers!
Love it, Ferd! Good call on the Willett parallel, but Willett can get grassy and funky for us, so Stellum may end up being our winner around that proof and price point. We'll have to blind it to be sure, right? 1910 is definitely our favorite of the bunch. It actually wouldn't been included but we finished it off and haven't yet replaced it. Definitely the all-star in the Old Fo lineup for us. Cheers!
Available!!! Six Thumbs (or is it 9?)! That was so much joy! I had a single barrel and a Stellum Black to choose from to join, so I went Black. I'll work my way to this bottle after I work through the three fancy New Riff Ryes I got last week. I'm still gonna go with yellow label WT picks, though I did open a black label pick before out latest snowpapocalypse, and it is growing on me. I was a teacher from about Harry book 3 on, and the coolest thing is how they gradually get more and more mature, book by book. Dark Tower was such a genre-bender!
Well said on the maturation of the Potter series over time. Such a smart way of writing by Rowlings. We still need to get some of the non-store pick Wilderness Trail offerings. Soon. So much bourbon, only so much budget. They're very high on our list.
@@stuffandwhiskey I have a bottle of Stellum Black Rye. I have a bottle of a Stellum Rye single barrel pick. And as of a couple of hours ago, I now have a bottle of the base Stellum Rye blend. Was it Erin's six thumbs, or my trust in Nic's blending skill??? Have a stellar weekend, kids!
Nice! I have a bottle of Stellum rye that I haven't gotten around to opening yet but now I think I will soon. One candidate that I think should be on your list of available, lower proof bourbons that pack a lot of flavor is Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Select. It's under 100 proof but it is very solid. If you haven't tried it, I encourage you to do so.
Great callout on Jack SiB Select. We're currently out but have had several bottles and you're spot on. It's extremely flavorful. We've had some that are oak and brown sugar bombs and others that taste like a banana and hot fudge sundae. Great call, Fred!
I give two thumbs up for Harry Potter! Getting a Stellum store pick bourbon this weekend, can't wait to give it a try! Thanks for the great video, as always.
Ahhh! Love this one so much! I’m so into rye, and my husband is the bourbon fan, so I’m in Erin’s camp. Also I’ve read each Harry Potter several times through (usually reread the series before the next release) but now I’m more into listening on Audible.
Man, that's so weird!! I picked up a bottle of Stellum Rye (the one with the green label 58.12%abv) and was going to tell you that I thought it was a really good buy for the money (It was on sale from $104 CDN to $79.99CDN)!! Glad to see you hitting the books! I read a lot too and am a huge Neil Gaiman fan I finished both American Gods books and am just starting Stardust! I hope you are both keeping well, and as always take care and cheers from Canada!!
Josh here. That's too cool! Big Neil Gaiman fan here. American Gods, Neverwhere, and Anansi Boys were three huge favorites of mine years back. I need to revisit!
Stellum Rye is one of my favorite bottles. I liked it so much I bought the Stellum Black Rye. I can't say it's worth the $50 more. Honestly, I'd probably just buy a 2nd bottle of Stellum Rye next time.
Two bottles of Stellum is tough value to beat, even if the black label is fantastic. We've seen the black label floating around and considered pulling the trigger but that's just a bit above what we want to spend on it.
It's certainly more rye-forward than Rare Breed Rye, but if you like a rye-forward rye, it's tough to think of anything that's much better than this for the money. Value is through the roof on it.
Also you're finishing segments talking about other things have really grown on me lol I enjoy them. At first I wasn't a fan, but now I look forward to it. It's a Nice way to kind of break it up. Also lol now I need stellum rye and I also watched the whole series and never finish the last movie and don't know why either
A kindred spirit! And thanks so much. That's high praise to us. We're fans of that sort of segment in podcast formats, and haven't really seen it incorporated in UA-cam videos, so we figured "why not." For us, it's a fun and interesting way to show a little bit of our personalities and what we're into outside of whiskey, and we hope it's either helpful or that it's a fun conversation starter. Cheers and thanks so much for watching!
Spot on, John! At the time of filming we weren't aware of the 51% rye, 49% malted barley MGP rye inclusion into the blend. Learning that info makes a lot of sense when you consider the mouthfeel and body of it. Such a great pour!
So I'm in Nashville as well and some of the things you say are readily available I can't seem to find anywhere i.e. rare breed rye... Even rare breed in general is hard to find. What stores are you getting these from? I would love to try some of these I've never seen in person
Rare Breed bourbon and rye both come in waves right now in Nashville due to glass shortage and distribution, and supply seems to alternate (bourbon one month, rye the next). Across the area, no rye right now it’ll be back in a few weeks. The bourbon is around town right now. Just check a few stores until you run into it. Most stores just got stock last week and as of Monday it was still in plentiful stock on shelves in half a dozen stores I stopped at (and a few stores had none). This isn’t altogether different from many “available” shelf products right now due to glass/distribution. What part of town are you in?
@@stuffandwhiskey Nashboro Village/ Murfresboro Rd area. I've searched all over South Nashville to no avail. I'll keep up the hunt. Thanks for your help!
@@drinknink210 you're not terribly far from us. We usually always check Nashville Daily Spirits, Rador Wine and Spirits, Main Street Liquors, Frugal McDougal, RED and Iroquois when we're out in Bellevue, and any of the Cool Springs stores if we find ourselves out that way. Parkway in Smyrna and LaVergne Beverage Depot are good spots to check as well.
We’re fans. It’s VERY sweet and fairly pricey, so it’s not something we reach for often, but it’s a bottle we reach for on special occasions when we want a dessert pour.
We haven't actually, but do love Wilderness Trail bourbon, so it seems like a no-brainer buy. We'll correct this travesty immediately. Cheers and thanks for watching!
Haha! Rare Breed Rye is probably the most obvious place to start, Stellum Rye has shot up there, and New Riff Barrel Proof Rye would be the third. For the bourbon drinker, it's gotta get Rare Breed Rye as an intro (or Russell's Single Barrel Rye if you'd prefer 104 proof to 112 proof). Cheers Doug!
So as someone who read the books and watched the movies for Harry Potter back in the day as they released.... My opinion is the books get better and better as you get further into the series.... the movies get worse the further into the series.
I love Stellum. It actually reminds me of my first bottle of Rare Breed Rye. Unfortunately my second bottle of RBR doesn't give me the same experience, but I'm happy to have to Stellum to fill that void. Hopefully my second Stellum lives up to the hype i've placed on it.
Super interesting! Here's to hoping they both deliver the next time around. Cheers and thanks for watching Matthew!
Glad y’all enjoyed the Stellum Rye!! One of my faves for sure 👌
Alright....Erin sold me LOL. My wife and I just did a blind of 4 this past weekend, and we both picked the rye. That led to me pulling out a couple more ryes and she apparently is a rye fan. She's always been meh on a lot of the bourbons, but rye it is. I almost picked up the Stellum rye 3 weeks ago, had it in hand, but opted to put it back. But I will say seeing how much you guys (well Erin) loved it I'll definitely be picking it up. Right now my wife and I both love the 7yr Sagamore rye I have as our top rye. Thanks as always for the review and fun video!
Cheers to that, Paul! And Sagamore Double Oak Rye is coming up on a first sip segment soon. No spoilers but Sagamore is on our radar.
I'll be 45 on St. Patty's day, so I'm also not the target demographic, but watched the first movie with my daughter a little over 20 years ago. That intrigued me enough that I ordered the first 3 books, and those got me hooked. I re-read the series every time a new book was released, and even (no shame) belonged to a reading club and fan club. I've dialed it back some in the last 3 years, but still enjoy watching the movies. It - the books *and* the movies - are still my all time favorite series. I read & listened through the Dark Tower series about 7 years ago and also thoroughly enjoyed that, but have not seen the movie (I'm torn, based on reviews)...
We've steered clear of the Dark Tower movie ourselves for similar reasons, despite the cast being amazing, but we're THOROUGHLY enjoying the Potter series. Three books and three movies down as of the typing of this comment and we're starting the fourth book today. Cheers Ceezer!
Sadly I cannot find 2 of these, but I do have the old label 1897 and enjoy it too. Thanks for sharing, cheers!
Appreciate you watching!
I have a wilderness trail cask strength 116 proof store pick less than 4 yrs old but it’s smooth and very flavor-able.
Those high proof Wilderness Trail picks are flat out great. We've yet to have a bad one!
@@stuffandwhiskey make your way to the DFW or New Orleans
Im with josh on stellum. Cant say ive gotten plum on it. Its a good very classic rye at a good price.
We forgot to mention the mouthfeel but that was quite surprising as well. Turns out they use some of the 51% rye, 49% malted barley MGP rye in the mashbill as well for that express purpose.
I was drinking a Knob Creek SiB store pick 115 proof rye while watching. Erin inspired me to find my unopened bottle of Stellum rye which I bought a few months ago based on other reviews. Definitely a high rye rye, I really like it. Reminds me of some of the Willett 4 year old small batch rye which I love but at a much better price. Has great rye spice while avoiding the overly grassy vegital notes that can be off putting to me. As far as your other 3 picks, I concur with the first two but would pick the OF 1910 or 1920 over the 1897. Just had a tasting of the full Whiskey Row series and liked the 1910 best that day although I buy the 1920 more often. Cheers!
Love it, Ferd! Good call on the Willett parallel, but Willett can get grassy and funky for us, so Stellum may end up being our winner around that proof and price point. We'll have to blind it to be sure, right? 1910 is definitely our favorite of the bunch. It actually wouldn't been included but we finished it off and haven't yet replaced it. Definitely the all-star in the Old Fo lineup for us. Cheers!
1:58 wasn’t planning on having a drink today after work BUT after hearing this, I instantly got thirsty! Do I have a problem?? 🤔 lol Cheers guys 🥃
Thirst can strike at almost any time of day, right? Cheers!
@@stuffandwhiskey haha 😛 this is true!
Available!!! Six Thumbs (or is it 9?)! That was so much joy! I had a single barrel and a Stellum Black to choose from to join, so I went Black. I'll work my way to this bottle after I work through the three fancy New Riff Ryes I got last week. I'm still gonna go with yellow label WT picks, though I did open a black label pick before out latest snowpapocalypse, and it is growing on me. I was a teacher from about Harry book 3 on, and the coolest thing is how they gradually get more and more mature, book by book. Dark Tower was such a genre-bender!
Well said on the maturation of the Potter series over time. Such a smart way of writing by Rowlings. We still need to get some of the non-store pick Wilderness Trail offerings. Soon. So much bourbon, only so much budget. They're very high on our list.
@@stuffandwhiskey I have a bottle of Stellum Black Rye. I have a bottle of a Stellum Rye single barrel pick. And as of a couple of hours ago, I now have a bottle of the base Stellum Rye blend. Was it Erin's six thumbs, or my trust in Nic's blending skill??? Have a stellar weekend, kids!
@@89sooner sounds like you've got a blind 3-way tasting that needs to happen. Cheers David and have a great weekend yourself!
Big fan of Wilderness Trail!!
They're doing such good things there!
Love you guys' videos Thanks for the continued great content! Cheers!
Great video
Nice! I have a bottle of Stellum rye that I haven't gotten around to opening yet but now I think I will soon. One candidate that I think should be on your list of available, lower proof bourbons that pack a lot of flavor is Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Select. It's under 100 proof but it is very solid. If you haven't tried it, I encourage you to do so.
Great callout on Jack SiB Select. We're currently out but have had several bottles and you're spot on. It's extremely flavorful. We've had some that are oak and brown sugar bombs and others that taste like a banana and hot fudge sundae. Great call, Fred!
Dead Bottle Society. For the empty bottle segment? Drinking SW UCUF. May not be helping. 😁
I have a bottle of Stellum Rye I picked up a while back. I'm a moderate Rye enthusiast but the proof, price, and flavor made if for me
Value for the proof is definitely way up there. Cheers and thanks for watching!
I give two thumbs up for Harry Potter! Getting a Stellum store pick bourbon this weekend, can't wait to give it a try! Thanks for the great video, as always.
Heck yeah, Timm! All the bourbon picks are MGP from what we've heard, which is fantastic because MGP is fantastic. Enjoy!
Ahhh! Love this one so much! I’m so into rye, and my husband is the bourbon fan, so I’m in Erin’s camp. Also I’ve read each Harry Potter several times through (usually reread the series before the next release) but now I’m more into listening on Audible.
Cheers to all of that, Paula! Thanks so much for watching!
OK Erin, you got me. I love my ryes. Looking for a bottle next time I am out..Thanks!
It's definitely a rye-lover's rye. We think you'd be hard pressed not to enjoy it thoroughly. Cheers Mike!
Man, that's so weird!! I picked up a bottle of Stellum Rye (the one with the green label 58.12%abv) and was going to tell you that I thought it was a really good buy for the money (It was on sale from $104 CDN to $79.99CDN)!! Glad to see you hitting the books! I read a lot too and am a huge Neil Gaiman fan I finished both American Gods books and am just starting Stardust! I hope you are both keeping well, and as always take care and cheers from Canada!!
Josh here. That's too cool! Big Neil Gaiman fan here. American Gods, Neverwhere, and Anansi Boys were three huge favorites of mine years back. I need to revisit!
Love Stellum, Pikesville, Willet, Old Elk Ryes
Old Elk is a great mention. We've tried a few and love them. We gotta get them on the channel. Cheers and thanks for watching!
Stellum Rye is one of my favorite bottles. I liked it so much I bought the Stellum Black Rye. I can't say it's worth the $50 more. Honestly, I'd probably just buy a 2nd bottle of Stellum Rye next time.
Two bottles of Stellum is tough value to beat, even if the black label is fantastic. We've seen the black label floating around and considered pulling the trigger but that's just a bit above what we want to spend on it.
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Cheers Mr. G! 🥃
Cheers Jay
Rare Breed Rye is such a winner. Still not sure about that Stellum based on Josh's pallet 😅
It's certainly more rye-forward than Rare Breed Rye, but if you like a rye-forward rye, it's tough to think of anything that's much better than this for the money. Value is through the roof on it.
Also you're finishing segments talking about other things have really grown on me lol I enjoy them. At first I wasn't a fan, but now I look forward to it. It's a Nice way to kind of break it up. Also lol now I need stellum rye and I also watched the whole series and never finish the last movie and don't know why either
A kindred spirit! And thanks so much. That's high praise to us. We're fans of that sort of segment in podcast formats, and haven't really seen it incorporated in UA-cam videos, so we figured "why not." For us, it's a fun and interesting way to show a little bit of our personalities and what we're into outside of whiskey, and we hope it's either helpful or that it's a fun conversation starter. Cheers and thanks so much for watching!
@@stuffandwhiskey Yeah exactly! Cheers!
I told you a long time ago she would love Stellum Rye. It's one of my favorites.
Spot on, John! At the time of filming we weren't aware of the 51% rye, 49% malted barley MGP rye inclusion into the blend. Learning that info makes a lot of sense when you consider the mouthfeel and body of it. Such a great pour!
@@stuffandwhiskey I would like to try the new black label but it's a little bit to high priced for me.
So I'm in Nashville as well and some of the things you say are readily available I can't seem to find anywhere i.e. rare breed rye... Even rare breed in general is hard to find. What stores are you getting these from? I would love to try some of these I've never seen in person
Rare Breed bourbon and rye both come in waves right now in Nashville due to glass shortage and distribution, and supply seems to alternate (bourbon one month, rye the next). Across the area, no rye right now it’ll be back in a few weeks. The bourbon is around town right now. Just check a few stores until you run into it. Most stores just got stock last week and as of Monday it was still in plentiful stock on shelves in half a dozen stores I stopped at (and a few stores had none). This isn’t altogether different from many “available” shelf products right now due to glass/distribution. What part of town are you in?
@@stuffandwhiskey Nashboro Village/ Murfresboro Rd area. I've searched all over South Nashville to no avail. I'll keep up the hunt. Thanks for your help!
@@drinknink210 you're not terribly far from us. We usually always check Nashville Daily Spirits, Rador Wine and Spirits, Main Street Liquors, Frugal McDougal, RED and Iroquois when we're out in Bellevue, and any of the Cool Springs stores if we find ourselves out that way. Parkway in Smyrna and LaVergne Beverage Depot are good spots to check as well.
Welcome to the Harry Potter family!
We hate to be those “the books are better than the movies” people, buuuuuut… 📖
@@stuffandwhiskey Agreed. Granted I actually saw the movies before reading the books, so I still really enjoy them. Great soundtrack to work to.
Wow! A 9! I must try the Stellum!
One of the higher scoring ryes for both of us, and the value is WAY up there. Hope you enjoy it, Reggie. Cheers!
How do you two feel about Angel's Envy Rye?
We’re fans. It’s VERY sweet and fairly pricey, so it’s not something we reach for often, but it’s a bottle we reach for on special occasions when we want a dessert pour.
We assume you’ve tried the wilderness trail RYE. If not, go get it. It’s solid.
We haven't actually, but do love Wilderness Trail bourbon, so it seems like a no-brainer buy. We'll correct this travesty immediately. Cheers and thanks for watching!
#ISeeYourPlum #ThatsMySweetSpot
Cheers to that John! Thanks for watching!
If you enjoy Harry Potter, lookup the Harry Potter musical by StarKid Productions. It's a classic and it's hilarious!
On it. Thanks for the rec!
What are ERIN’S 3 favorite Ryes? I’m not a Rye fan, but am willing to try a Rye…get it.
Haha! Rare Breed Rye is probably the most obvious place to start, Stellum Rye has shot up there, and New Riff Barrel Proof Rye would be the third. For the bourbon drinker, it's gotta get Rare Breed Rye as an intro (or Russell's Single Barrel Rye if you'd prefer 104 proof to 112 proof). Cheers Doug!
So as someone who read the books and watched the movies for Harry Potter back in the day as they released.... My opinion is the books get better and better as you get further into the series.... the movies get worse the further into the series.
That's extremely encouraging as we work our way through the books. So far, so good. Cheers!
Erin was being a bit bossy. I feel a head to head with 4 ryes
Likeminds. We like where your head is at. Expect it on an upcoming livestream once we have all four bottles in hand at the same time.
@@stuffandwhiskey looking forward to the rye blind flight
Great video
Good video .... enjoyed.
We appreciate you watching. Cheers!