Rye whiskey has soared over the past decade. Despite being the most historic style of American whiskey , domestic liquor stores couldn’t give the stuff away as recently as the early 2010s. Back then, screw-capped expressions of the spirit would collect dust on shelves at $20 a bottle. Today, bottles five times that cost are ripped from the rack the very moment they drop. Indeed, rye’s modern star turn as one of the country’s fastest growing categories is driven primari...
