Hard Truth Sweet Mash Rye Whiskey is Hard Truth’s debut sweet mash whiskey to market — the first release to be mashed, fermented, distilled, and aged by Hard Truth on its 325-acre campus in Brown County, Indiana. Mash bill one features 94 percent rye and 6 percent malted barley. Batch #001 is a small batch of 30, two- to three-year-old barrels, uncut, unfiltered and bottled at barrel strength.