# Booze aged in barrels.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/booze-aged-in-barrels/810129>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 6, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/booze-aged-in-barrels/810129 "2018-03-06T17:47:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/booze-aged-in-barrels/810129/21 "2018-03-18T17:31:12Z")

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That’s pretty much it. Without the rye to temper it, the corn’s natural sweetness comes through cleaner. I like Maker’s as a sipper, but it makes a crappy Manhattan for that reason.

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**Author:** ![Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/59ef9b/32.png) [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorkshire_Pudding)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/booze-aged-in-barrels/810129/22 "2018-03-19T19:10:46Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> That’s pretty much it. Without the rye to temper it, the corn’s natural sweetness comes through cleaner. I like Maker’s as a sipper, but it makes a crappy Manhattan for that reason.

Sometimes though, I like a crappy Manhattan. If I want something spicy and rye led, then that’s what I want, and I will sip it and savour it. But if want to swill down Jack stirred up with Martini Rosso, then nothing else will do!

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/booze-aged-in-barrels/810129/23 "2018-03-19T21:54:46Z")

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Yes, but then what you have is a Queens, not a Manhattan. 😉

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**Author:** ![Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/59ef9b/32.png) [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorkshire_Pudding)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/booze-aged-in-barrels/810129/24 "2018-03-19T22:42:59Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> Yes, but then what you have is a Queens, not a Manhattan. 😉

Or a Blokehattan, as it’s known in our house…though I concede you need a feel for British slang for that to actually chime.

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