# Rye whiskey

> Used in 7 IBA official cocktails, around 45% ABV.

Spicier, drier American whiskey, the classic choice for a Manhattan.

- Shelf: Spirits
- Spirit family: [Whiskey cocktails](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/whiskey-cocktails/index.md)
- Also searched as: rye

## Cocktails with rye whiskey

- [Boulevardier](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/boulevardier/index.md): uses 45 ml bourbon or rye whiskey
- [Manhattan](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/manhattan/index.md): uses 50 ml
- [Old Fashioned](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/old-fashioned/index.md): uses 45 ml bourbon or rye whiskey
- [New York Sour](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/new-york-sour/index.md): uses 60 ml bourbon or rye whiskey
- [Vieux Carré](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/vieux-carre/index.md): uses 30 ml
- [Remember the Maine](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/remember-the-maine/index.md): uses 60 ml
- [Trinidad Sour](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/cocktails/trinidad-sour/index.md): uses 15 ml

## Goes with

What shows up alongside rye whiskey most often on the IBA list.

- [Sweet vermouth](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/sweet-vermouth/index.md): in 4 of these cocktails
- [Angostura bitters](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/angostura/index.md): in 3 of these cocktails
- [Bourbon](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/bourbon/index.md): in 3 of these cocktails
- [Lemon juice](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/lemon/index.md): in 2 of these cocktails
- [Simple syrup](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/simple-syrup/index.md): in 2 of these cocktails
- [Cognac](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/cognac/index.md): in 1 of these cocktails
- [Egg](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/egg/index.md): in 1 of these cocktails
- [Campari](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/campari/index.md): in 1 of these cocktails

## Close substitutes

With substitutes switched on in My bar, any of these count as rye whiskey.

- [Bourbon](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/bourbon/index.md): 6 cocktails
- [Scotch whisky](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/scotch/index.md): 2 cocktails
- [Irish whiskey](https://jigger-5rd.pages.dev/ingredients/irish-whiskey/index.md): 2 cocktails

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