Pennsylvania’s Manatawny Still Works Has A Maple Whiskey
Manatawny Still Works has released a maple barrel whiskey. The spirit is a blend of multiple vintages of Manatawny’s four-grain whiskey and the Pennsylvania-made Whiskey Hollow Maple Syrup, combined to produce a handcrafted and luscious spirit.
The journey of Manatawny’s Maple Whiskey began about a year ago, when the distillery shipped some empty barrels over to their friends at Whiskey Hollow to produce their Pennsylvania-made Barrel Aged Maple Syrup. When that year was up, Whiskey Hollow extracted their syrup – now enriched with the flavors of the whiskey barrels – and sent them back home to Manatawny. Master Distiller Max Pfeffer couldn’t resist using them to finish some of his Gold Medal winning four-grain whiskey. Just before bottling, Pfeffer added a touch of Whiskey Hollow maple syrup, to achieve the ideal level of sweetness, accenting the whiskey without masking its flavors.Maple Whiskey is whiskey throughout with maple undertones. The sweetness is minimized but the flavor is not.
The release will be MSW’s second in its flavored whiskey series. Swarmbustin’ Honey Whiskey, which was originally released as a Small Batch Whiskey in October, 2017, became Manatawny’s first seasonal release in June of 2018.
Maple whiskey will be available in 750 ml bottles for $45. It will be available at the Pottstown distillery, South Philadelphia Tasting Room as well as the Center City Philadelphia Bottle Shop at One Penn Center.
