Chad Munger looks like your typical craft whiskey enthusiast. The native midwesterner wears a solid frame and boasts a well-manicured beard, speckled with white and gray to match his tousled hair. But ...

Even if it can't match the stature of bourbon among aficionados, rye whiskey has still played a prominent role in the history of American whiskey. With a legacy stretching back to the mid-18th century ...