Hailing from our sister city of Seattle, Washington, Tatoosh Rye is another in a long line of Northwest craft spirits. Tatoosh Distillery was founded in 2009, the brainchild of its founders, friends Troy Turner and Mark Simon. Tatoosh bases its whiskies on 100-year-old family recipes from Turner’s family. They claim to use only local grain in their spirits, an American-made copper pot still, and proof their spirits down with water from the nearby Cascades.

Tatoosh Rye has a mashbill of 70% rye and 30% corn, and is laid to rest in a standard 53 gallon new American oak barrel with…