OLD ELK STRAIGHT RYE WHISKEYRye Whiskey. Its a benchmark for others, but for us its an exceptional standard that weve achieved. Taste this knock out rye, made up of 95 percent rye and 5 percent malted barley, and youll understand. After distilling and creating over 280 million bottles of world class rye whiskey, Greg Metze decided to put his decades of experience and passion into Old Elks Straight Rye Whiskey. The International Whisky Competition named it the Best American Rye