Wild Turkey's rye goes into the same no. 4 char barrels as its bourbon, at the same low entry strength, and until this release almost none of it was left past six years. Eddie Russell set aside a lot of the oldest rye barrels on the property, aged between nine and eleven years, and blended them without cutting to a core-range strength — the whiskey went into the bottle at 109 proof. Under federal labelling rules a stated age must be that of the youngest whiskey in the blend, which puts nine years on the label and eleven in the glass.

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Is Wild Turkey Master's Keep Cornerstone a bourbon or a rye?

Cornerstone is a Kentucky straight rye whiskey — the first rye Wild Turkey released in the Master's Keep series, which had been bourbon-only until 2019.

How old is Master's Keep Cornerstone rye?

Cornerstone draws on rye barrels aged between nine and eleven years. Federal labelling rules require any stated age to be that of the youngest whiskey in a blend, so nine years is the figure that governs the label while the oldest barrels in it ran to eleven.

What proof is Master's Keep Cornerstone bottled at?

Master's Keep Cornerstone is bottled at 109 proof, or 54.5% ABV. At release it was the highest-proof rye whiskey Wild Turkey had put out, alongside being its oldest.