Thirteenth Colony CS Rye 2026 Pre-Order Open

Hi [[ contact.first_name | capitalize | default: "Fellow whiskey drinker" ]],

Thirteenth Colony releases their Cask Strength Rye once a year. The 2026 pre-order just opened — and the ship window is end of August into early September.

Thirteenth Colony operates out of Americus, Georgia — and the South Georgia heat that most distilleries would consider an obstacle is the variable that makes this rye worth the annual pre-order cycle. Accelerated barrel extraction in that climate produces a cask strength rye with concentration and density that cooler environments need additional years to approximate. The rye grain assertiveness that defines the category arrives here with a specific intensity that the production environment shapes — dried citrus and cracked pepper developing alongside a spice structure that South Georgia summers build quickly and the cask strength format preserves completely without dilution softening any of it.

The 2026 release continues the production approach that made the Cask Strength Rye worth tracking as an annual event rather than a one-time discovery: full proof, no chill filtration, the Georgia distillery's grain-forward character intact from barrel to bottle. An herbal dryness threads through the finish that lingers well past the close — a quality specific to this distillery's rye production that doesn't show up in standard-proof expressions regardless of how good they are.

One release per year. Pre-order now — ships end of August.

Cheers,

De Wine Spot Team

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