Is a Bottled Manhattan Beneath a Serious Rye Distillery? — The Cut — S02E124

Today's Cut argues three questions cold: whether a bottled, ready-to-pour Manhattan is beneath a serious rye distillery or a fix for the one thing that ruins most people's cocktail — stale vermouth. Then whether a distillery pouring allocated bottles for free on a hotel-ballroom tasting tour helps drinkers or just proves scarcity is a dial someone turns. Then whether a bourbon finished in leftover honey barrels is a real experiment worth selling or an undefined word buying a producer the benefit of the doubt. The retail detail — the where, the when and the numbers — isn't in this episode. Platform rules for alcohol content don't allow it here. All of it is in the American Whiskey Industry Brief, free every morning at chasingtheunicornpodcast.com.