There’s a new whiskey on the market that may soon give Natty Bo’s a run for their money as the signature drink of Baltimore. And it is one that is steeped in American history.
Sagamore Spirit Rye’s spring water source and barrel aging barn is on a former Vanderbilt estate west of Baltimore, now a horse farm where Triple Crown winners’ progeny train. In fact, The Boulevardier was created in the late 1920s by Erskine Gyynne, a Vanderbilt family relation who had founded a magazine of the same name while living the expat life in Paris.
That Vanderbilt-pedigreed spring water used to make Sagamore Spirit is limestone rich, making for an exceptionally balanced rye whiskey. Its signature 83-proof bottle, which retails for $45, is smooth enough to be savored on its own or mixed in a cocktail. For big whiskey buffs, a Cask Strength variety, which retails for $75, is bottled at 113 proof.
