Manchester Distillery Test Batch Process
Finding Our Symphony of Flavors
All of our handcrafted spirits begin under MD’s test batch umbrella. The gins, vodkas, whiskeys, liqururs, cordials alike undergo a series of mash bill tunings followed by internal and public tastings. Visit our tasting room for a chance to try some of our more experimental liquors.
Sweetie
Only Available In Manchester Distillery’s Tasting Room
A chocolate liqueur made with 100% Real cocoa sourced from NH
Released Feb 2024
Ideal for cocktails like chocolate martinis, mudslides, white Russians, espresso martinis, and chocolate Manhattans.
Aroma: Rich Chocolate, with a slight bitterness that goes into a subtle woody-earthiness, all with an underlying vanilla backbone just in time for winter, the only place you will find bottles and tastings with this warm oakey spirit is in our tasting room
Taste: Very Sweet, Rich Dark Chocolate that leads to a slight refreshingly bitter finish with lingering notes of vanilla
Sassy
Only Available In Manchester Distillery’s Tasting Room
The spicy compliment to Sweetie. This chocolate liqueur made with 100% Real cocoa sourced from NH
Released Feb 2024
Your next expresso martini will become a dance between spicy and sweet with a chocolate that leads to a slight refreshingly bitter finish with lingering notes of vanilla
Barrel Finished Gin
Released Nov, 2023
In our most recent test batch series we took our flagship Botanica Number 9 Gin and rested it in fresh American oak barrels. As the spirit was sucked into and pushed out of the wooden sides of the barrel it developed hints of vanilla and oak flavor. Not so powerful that it dominated the liquid but just enough to compliment the 9 botanicals distilled into the base of the gin.
Just in time for winter, the only place you will find bottles and tastings with this warm oakey spirit is in our tasting room