This got me to wondering: Are we in the middle of a rye bubble?
It probably helps that I like good rye so much as it has more of a rye influence than most bourbons.
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The company has devised around 20 locally tailored menu items in some 14 European countries, including Finland, where it offers the Rye McFeast, a burger served on a rye bun, and Spain, where it offers the tomato-based soup Gazpacho.
You can play mini-golf at the bar-cum-games hall H Street Country Club, grab a pastrami on rye and a Guinness at the kosher deli-cum-Irish pub Star and Shamrock, or take in a show at the burlesque-cum-punk rock venue Red Palace.
If the rye craze turns out to be a short-lived fad, companies will be faced with a glut of rye.
The current process for manufacturing it is a rather messy one involving ergot, a parasite of rye.
Levinson, the 60-year-old mother of three and a resident of Rye, N.
Today, for the first time in nearly a century, rye is popular again, mostly because American drinkers are demanding classic cocktails made according to their original recipes, and most whiskey cocktails (including the Manhattan) called for rye.
And now, a growing band of brewers is turning to the complex, earthy spice of rye for a new take on the strong flavors craft-beer drinkers have grown to love.
Some grew out of other operations: Rogue, from Oregon, makes gin, rum and whiskey, but is better known for its line of craft beers, just as Anchor, a San Francisco brewery, began making a first-rate Junipero gin and Old Potrero rye only after a century of brewing beer.
The condition is triggered by an intolerance to gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye - and therefore a common ingredient in many processed foods.
The practice gives the Bermuda turf a year to recover from its annual battle with the rye, and creates a window for groundskeepers to eradicate the unwanted poa annua grass that threatens to creep onto the greens.
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In fact, many bartenders would say the only proper way to make a Manhattan is with rye.
Heading south, up Consort Road towards Peckham Rye, a spanking new delicatessen has taken over the Frog on the Green, once one of Peckham's gloomiest pubs.
Some German states had issued their own would-be stable currency: Baden's was secured on the revenue of state forests, Hanover's convertible into a given quantity of rye.
Paul Pacult, American spirits expert and author, the initial aroma of George Dickel Rye delivers a fresh, grainy scent with a pleasant note of fruit on the finish.
Friable, briny and reminiscent of mozzarella, the cheese is consumed no later than six to 10 days after production and is a perfect match with roggebrea, a stiff but crumbly rye bread.
Blue Bar's Old Fashioned cocktail is excellent, its Manhattans are made with Grand Marnier instead of bitters, and its signature drink, the Algonquin, is a refreshing mix of rye, dry vermouth and pineapple juice.
Where bourbon is primarily made of corn, giving the whiskey a smooth and sweet flavor profile, rye is at least 51% of its namesake grain, lending it a spicier, fuller bodied, angular taste.
Bear Republic's Hop Rod Rye takes about a quarter more time to make than their other beers.
If you've had this kind of exchange, congratulations, you are a fellow member of the Rye Whiskey Fan Club.
Still, despite the fandom, rye sales are a drop in the bucket compared to those of bourbon, which is generally easier and cheaper to produce.
Just last month, the bar upped the ante by introducing their Vieux Carre cocktail, which pairs cognac and rye whiskey with a side of toasted Colombian giant ants and Mopani worms.
At The Growler in the Financial District, bartender Derek Brown made us, at his suggestion, three varieties of rye Manhattans: a sweet (classic), dry, and perfect, using sweet vermouth, dry vermouth and mix of the two.
The elegant six-foot 15-year-old from Hawaii found some difficult spots in the rough, but her power saved her on several occasions, although a fourth dropped shot came at the 16th when a wedge from the thick rye grass sank into more trouble short of the green.
Jane Needham, a 67-year-old retiree from Rye Brook, said she thought the district's plan was a creative concept to save the village money.
Crowd favorites included The Six Point Righteous Rye, which commanded a long line and lots of interest.
"It is a pretty good thing for Genentech to see a potential competitor have issues, " Rye says.
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