About Michter's US*1 Small Batch Bourbon

Michter's US*1 Bourbon is one of Michter's flagship bottles. The brand itself is extremely storied, dating back to Swiss Mennonite farmers who produced rye in the mid-1700s (it's even rumored that this whiskey's ancestor was quaffed by revolutionary soldiers at Valley Forge, but that might just be good marketing). Michter's US*1 has been a perennial favorite since it was revived in the 1980s, known for its dry, understated complexity.

Proof	91.4%
Variety	bourbon
Cost	$ 40
Category	whiskey

About Michter's 10 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Michter's 10 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon is a single barrel release, which means that quantities are limited and its taste profile may vary based on which barrel used for the bottling. It has been aged for 10 years in new, fire-charred American white oak barrels. As a part of the brand’s limited production series, Michter's 10 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon is not always easy to find, and doesn’t come cheap. 

Proof	94.4%
Variety	bourbon
Age	10 Years
Cost	$ 200
Category	whiskey

About Michter's 20 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Michter's 20 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon is one of the brand’s most prized (and hard-to-find) limited production releases. This single barrel expression is pulled from charred, new American white oak casks that are at least 20 years old and personally selected by Michter's Master Distiller Pam Helimann. According to the brand’s website, tasting notes include black cherry, molasses, honeysuckle, roasted pecans, and toasted charred oak. 

Proof	114.2%
Variety	bourbon
Age	20 Years
Cost	$ 3000
Category	whiskey

About Michter's 25 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon

The whiskey destined to become Michter's 25 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon is made according to a distinct mashbill, and then aged for a whopping quarter-century in charred new American white oak barrels. It was barreled in 1992 and bottled in 2017. Bourbon of this age is very uncommon, and the 25 Year’s scarce availability and exceptional price tag reflect it. 

Tasting notes provided by the brand include molasses, holiday spice, chocolate, smoked roasted nuts, dried fruit, melted butter, and vanilla. 

Proof	116.2%
Variety	bourbon
Age	25 Years
Cost	$ 800
Category	whiskey

About Michter's US*1 Toasted Barrel Finish Bourbon

Proof	91.4%
Variety	bourbon
Cost	$ 48
Category	whiskey

About Michter's US*1 American Whiskey

Michter's US*1 American Whiskey is not a bourbon. Why? Because U.S. law specifies that bourbon must be made in new American oak barrels. Instead, Michter's US*1 American Whiskey is aged in used—or as the brand likes to say, “whiskey-soaked—American oak barrels, which will impart a different flavor. It also carries the distinction of being an “unblended” spirit, meaning that no neutral grain spirits were added to the whiskey. Michter's US*1 American Whiskey returned to the U.S. market in 2013 after taking three years off. According to brand tasting notes, it features deep butterscotch and vanilla, caramel and fruit.

Proof	83.4%
Variety	american
Liquor Style	unblended
Cost	$ 43
Category	whiskey

About Michter's US*1 Sour Mash Whiskey

Michter's US*1 Sour Mash Whiskey is an example of the sour mash style of whiskey making. In this method, mash from an earlier fermentation is re-used as a starter for the next batch. The mash bill used to make this spirit doesn’t qualify it as being a bourbon or rye, hence the “whiskey” moniker on the label. Before bottling, the spirit is matured in charred new white American oak barrels.

Michter's made sour mash whiskey in the 1970s and 1980s before phasing it out in 1989. It would take 23 years to see it return to the market.

Proof	86%
Variety	american
Liquor Style	sour mash
Cost	$ 40
Category	whiskey

About Michter's Celebration Sour Mash Whiskey

Michter's Celebration Sour Mash Whiskey was produced in a very limited run of only 273 bottles in 2013, blended from a combination of 20- and 30-year-old casks. Even the label itself is elegant, made of 18 karat gold, and the price—nearly $4000—reflects that luxury-minded approach. Michter's Celebration Sour Mash is a bit of a white whale in the whiskey community these days, with stray bottles fetching even more extravagant prices on the secondary market when they pop up.

Proof	112.3%
Variety	american
Liquor Style	sour mash
Cost	$ 3995
Category	whiskey

About Michter's US*1 Straight Rye

Michter's US*1 Straight Rye Whiskey is one of Michter's flagship bottles, though the brand is probably best known for its bourbons. The brand itself is extremely storied, dating back to Swiss Mennonite farmers who produced rye in the mid-1700s (it's even rumored that this whiskey's ancestor was quaffed by revolutionary soldiers at Valley Forge, but that might just be good marketing). Michter's US*1 Rye is a bit pricey, but is a nice, spicy, well-balanced rye whiskey that's worth a try.

Proof	84.8%
Variety	rye
Cost	$ 40
Category	whiskey

About Michter's 10 Year Kentucky Straight Rye

Michter's 10 Year Kentucky Straight Rye returned to the market in 2014 after a three-year hiatus. However, this single barrel release can still be tricky to locate (and once you have, it won’t come cheap). It is distilled, aged and bottled in Kentucky, and rests for a full 10 years in charred new American white oak barrels. According to the brand’s website, Michter's 10 Year Kentucky Straight Rye features tasting notes of vanilla, toffee, almonds, cinnamon, crushed pepper and orange citrus. 

Proof	92.8%
Variety	rye
Age	10 Years
Cost	$ 300
Category	whiskey

About Michter's 25 Year Kentucky Straight Rye

Michter's 25 Year Kentucky Straight Rye stands out as one of the oldest rye whiskies on the market: its juice rests for a quarter of a century within charred new white American oak. If you can get your hands on this single barrel spirit—a big if—you should be prepared to pay a hefty sum for the privilege. It originally retailed for $700, but often goes for much, much more.

Brand tasting notes for the Michter's 25 Year Kentucky Straight Rye include vanilla, coffee, orange, dried fruit and spicy pepper.

Proof	117.3%
Variety	rye
Age	25 Years
Cost	$ 700
Category	whiskey

About Michter's US*1 Barrel Strength Kentucky Straight Rye

Michter's US*1 Barrel Strength Kentucky Straight Rye packs a punch at 103 proof, which is actually a lower ABV than many other barrel-strength releases in the industry. To achieve that relatively lower proof, Michter’s allows the spirit to mature in new white American oak for a longer period of time. 103 is the average proof, but as a single barrel spirit its ABV can slightly vary in range.

Below are the official tasting notes from the brand:

Michter's US*1 Barrel Strength Kentucky Straight Rye Tasting Notes

Nose: Butterscotch, cinnamon, cherry.

Taste: Toasty vanilla and caramel.

Finish: Dry, oaky spice

Proof	103%
Variety	rye
Cost	$ 99
Category	whiskey