Review #196: Manifest Whiskey Project 10 year Bourbon Small Batch #3
Review #196: Manifest Whiskey Project 10 year Bourbon Small Batch #3 AGE: 10 yr 11 mo MASH BILL: 60% corn, 36% rye, 4% malted barley PROOF: 106.2 COST: $130 for 750mL bottle (I'm reviewing a sample) As best as I understand, this is a collaboration between Seelbach’s and Manifest Distilling. When Manifest released their first release of the Manifest Whiskey Project in 2016, it featured 7 barrels of 10 year high rye (36%) MGP bourbon. It was so well received, that Seelbach’s wanted to find more of those barrels, and they did! 6 more barrels to be precise. This release is a blend of those 6 barrels of 10+ year old MGP high rye bourbon. (NOTE: I think Batch #2 of this 10 year release was also 10 yr MGP high rye barrels but a collab between Seelbachs, T8ke, and Manifest. This batch #3 was just between Seelbachs and Manifest.) Let’s check it out! Reviewed neat in a Glencairn. APPEARANCE: Auburn in color (1.5), thick and oily looking with fat, slow legs. NOSE: Van...
