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METALLICA‘s award-winning Blackened American Whiskey has introduced its newest limited-edition Blackened Kentucky Straight Rye Double Cask Completed Whiskey dubbed Rye The Lightning, a play on phrases impressed by METALLICA‘s six-times-platinum sophomore album “Journey The Lightning”. This expression is double completed in Madeira and rum casks and undergoes the proprietary Black Noise sonic-enhancement course of.
Rye The Lightning is crafted from Kentucky straight rye whiskeys aged between 5 and eight years and hand-selected by Blackened grasp distiller and blender Rob Dietrich. The whiskeys are then vatted and transferred for ending in Madeira wine and Caribbean rum casks for 2 to 14 weeks every. The double cask ending leads to notes of dried fig, hay, pinewood, pear, and rum cake on the nostril, and on the palate, clover honey, mint, corn husk, sugar cane, walnut, and cinnamon.
It’s through the rum cask ending that the proprietary Black Noise sonic-enhancement course of is utilized. The barrels are pummeled by the low hertz frequencies of METALLICA‘s music, and the sound waves visibly shake the ending barrels, inflicting larger interplay between the whiskey and the wooden, thereby extracting extra flavors and colours.
The title for this launch is aptly dubbed Rye The Lightning as a result of the playlist used for the Black Noise sonic-enhancement course of is “Journey The Lightning”. However Rob Dietrich and METALLICA did not wish to simply use the unique model — they wished to amp it up a notch. They selected a playlist consisting solely of the “Journey The Lightning” portion of METALLICA‘s June 2012 Orion Music + Extra competition setlist — the one time the band has ever performed the album dwell in its entirety, albeit in reverse monitor order from the unique album.
“The vibe from the gang on the first Orion Music + Extra competition was electrifying,” stated bassist Robert Trujillo, “and it is actually cool that we get to seize that power on this launch. We have used a number of dwell songs in our playlists earlier than, however by no means a full dwell playlist. So to have the ability to incorporate our followers within the Blackened journey and have them be part of the whiskey-making course of is de facto distinctive, and makes this a real collaboration.”
Followers considering listening to this uncommon efficiency of “Journey The Lightning” from again to entrance can now get pleasure from a newly remixed model completely by Blackened. A replica may be downloaded by scanning a QR code discovered at retail, following @blackenedamericanwhiskey on socials, or visiting blackenedwhiskey.com for extra info.
The ten-track Black Noise playlist consists of:
* Journey The Lightning Intro
* The Name Of Ktulu
* Creeping Loss of life
* Escape (Dwell Debut)
* Trapped Below Ice
* Kirk Solo
* Fade To Black
* For Whom The Bell Tolls
* Journey The Lightning
* Combat Fireplace With Fireplace
“I completely love the excessive spice and earthy notes in American rye whiskey!” exclaimed Dietrich. “I wished to play with these taste profiles by bringing a symmetry of delicate taste parts by combining not only one, however two completely different cask finishes to the whiskey, creating a posh stability of candy and savory.”
The packaging is emblazoned with a inexperienced soundwave to distinguish from the Blackened American Whiskey flagship and align with the historic significance of utilizing the colour inexperienced to characterize rye whiskey bottles. Rye The Lightning is bottled at 90 proof and offered for an SRP of $69.99.
To seek out native retailers or collect info, go to Blackened American Whiskey‘s site www.BlackenedWhiskey.com and comply with on social at @BlackenedAmericanWhiskey.
