Pretty disappointed in this rye. I was expecting a bit more from the spirit after reading the reviews. Complete lack of spice that I’ve come to expect from a rye. Instead there is an overpowering taste of vanilla. Almost such that it’s like drinking diluted vanilla extract. This will hardly hold up as the sole whiskey in a Manhattan, so I’ve been forced to add other superior eyes (high west’s double rye for instance) into the cocktail to make it tolerable. This won’t have a permanent spot on my shelf.