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Classification: Blend of Straight Bourbons
Company: Seelbach’s
Distillery: Sourced from an undisclosed distillery(ies) in Indiana
Release Date: September 2025
Proof: 116.2
Age: 5 Years, 3 Months
Mashbill:
-45% | 7 Years, 9 Months | 99% Corn, 1% Malted Barley
-55% | 5 Years, 4 Months | 74% Corn, 21% Rye, 4% Rye
Color: Bronze
SRP: $70 / 750mL (2026)
Brown sugar | Light pine needles | Caramel streusel | Sap | Touch of dried cherry | Faint oak
Leather | Rye spice | Light pine nuts | Mixed peppercorns | Brown sugar | Faint mint leaf | Vanilla powder | Touch of syrup | Raisin | Silky mouthfeel
Rye spice | Oak | Leather | Light tobacco leaf | White peppercorn
A tribute to the working class, Seelbach’s Private Reserve “Laborer’s Blend” is a fusion of straight bourbons that results in a well integrated pour.
Seelbach’s is an online spirits retailer that was founded by Blake Riber, a well-known figure in American whiskey. Riber has been involved in the American whiskey industry since the inception of his Bourbonr app in 2011 (now dormant) and later the Bourbonr blog in 2013, followed by the Bourbonr Facebook group in 2016. In 2018, Riber redirected his focus to Seelbach’s, which has the mission of “Unlocking Craft Spirits,” marrying his bourbon enthusiasm with products available to purchase across the majority of the United States. In addition to its core focus as an online spirits retailer, a growing number of products have been curated and released under Seelbach’s spirits label.
This release from Seelbach’s is a recognition to those who put in the work behind the scenes in any given company. Seelbach’s states that Laborer’s Blend’s “tipping its hat to the working class, this blended bourbon celebrates resilience and the satisfaction of a job well done.” Distilled in Indiana, the bourbon was blended by Chris Chenot and Mike Mullis, blenders at Manifest Distilling in Jacksonville, Florida.
Seelbach’s Private Reserve “Laborer’s Blend” can best be described as really well integrated. Its flavors are distinguishable on their own but integrate really well with others too. The sip starts with an intriguing aroma that highlights sap and light pine needles along with a brown sugar base. These flow into a great midpoint that bursts forth full of spicy and earthy flavors along with a dollop of sweet notes that provide a silky mouthfeel. Chenot and Mullis did a great job blending the bourbons together, resulting in a sip that’s very well composed and a solid tribute to the everyday working man.
The bourbon in review is bottle number 428 from barrel number 2.
