Four years ago, Family Jones distiller Rob Masters was filling barrels with his distillery s first rye whiskey when a friend and co-worker pointed out that it was Inauguration Day. I started thinking that I should sit on a barrel for a while, Masters recalls.
Four years later, you ll be able to taste the result: Inauguration Rye is now on sale on the Family Jones website, and it will be bottled and handed out on January 20, 2021, the day that President-elect Joe Biden takes his oath of office.
The Family Jones Spirit House didn t open its distillery/restaurant at 3245 Osage Street until November 2017, but the company had already opened its main production facility in Loveland, so a small amount of rye has been in barrels for a full four years. That s the amount of time required if a distillery wants to label its whiskey bottled in bond, Masters points out and it s the same length as a presidential term, making Family Jones Inaugural Rye the perfect choice for the distillery s