You know how it is, if you've never taken a course in art, you don't know how to see Van Gogh. You see him, but you don't really see him until you've gotten deeper in. Now I see more in these ryes than I ever saw before, not only that, I liked a lot of what I saw. I never disliked it, I just didn't love it. Like other things, maybe it's more subtle.
Bourbon is round, and sweet, and rich, and oaky, and deep, and caramel and vanilla and red.
Rye is drier, and leaner, maybe more subtle, I think. I think it was a lack of richness in some of the ryes I drank that I didn't appreciate. It's a leaner whiskey, leaner is a good word. But I now see richness, now that I've learned about whiskey. I now taste richness in some of our rye brethren that I like, and that I did not taste before.