Taconic Distillery Founder's Rye

Whiskey is distilled at below 160 proof to retain more of the flavor from the grains it was made from. Those flavors are transferred through the distilling process as fatty molecules (flavor oils). Some distillers will sacrifice a certain amount of flavor for clarity at this point, and chill filter their whiskies to remove some of these fatty molecules. They get a clear whiskey, but remove some of the flavor. Taconic does not chill filter, so sometimes their whiskey may show some “cloudiness”. This does not mean the whiskey is flawed. On the contrary, it is proof they have imparted as much flavor to the whiskey as possible.