Tasted

Tasted: Far North Roknar Minnesota Rye

roknar-e1450217701526-eb76efe8dccc90efdc0ccd5d0b8bc888ba9cebccAs a native Minnesotan I was both nervous and excited to review a whiskey from Minnesota. Minnesota whiskies are few and far between, and those that I have tried have been less than refined. Add to that the fact that Far North Spirits, the producer of Roknar, is located in the teeny tiny town of Hallock at the very northern edge of Minnesota, and my doubts were high. My own home town in Southern Minnesota is approximately 27,000 to Hallock’s 1,000 and even there there’s hardly a whisper of spirit interest past utilitarian drunkenness. All things considered, I ended…