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The extreme lengths gone to to bring back a lost variety of rye for whiskey
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The extreme lengths gone to to bring back a lost variety of rye for whiskey

The story of recreating Bently rye to once again distill whiskey from this lost grain might as well be an adventure movie.

Jason Weisberger
Nov 20, 2024
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The story of recreating Bently rye to once again distill whiskey from this lost grain might as well be an adventure movie.

The tale of recreating a special Michigan rye includes everything from odd rights battles over a shipwreck to "black ops" scuba diving missions. Some brewers heard that an extinct but rumored tasty variety of rye grain was preserved …

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