Forget Scotch, Rye Whiskey Comeback Packs 100-Proof Punch

Ask people to name a rye whiskey label, and they’ll probably squint and mumble, “Uh, Canadian Club?” (Which is a blended whiskey, not a rye, according to the U.S. Standards of Identity.)

Yet over the last couple of years, rye has become the hottest “new” whiskey around, despite its being America’s first colonial spirit, long before bourbon was ever distilled.