Name: Michter’s 10 Year Single Barrel Bourbon
Color: Copper Brown
Nose: Sweet, caramel corn, toasted wood
Taste: Oak, vanilla, butterscotch, nutty roasted
Michter’s 10-year-old Single Barrel Bourbon Barrel No. 17B310 is an award winning release from Michter’s. The Single Barrel Bourbon won the “Best American Whiskey” by Food and Wine Magazine. I do not know what that means, but it sounds important.
I was in Kentucky recently and my friend bought a bottle for his son’s school charity auction. No one was bidding so he decided to get the auction going and ended up buying back the bottle he bought and donated, at double the cost. Lesson learned, keep your hand down. I enjoy several drinks from this bottle along with a cigar on his back deck in Kentucky. Somehow the bourbon always tastes better when I am sitting outdoors in Kentucky. I should probably stop giving life advice to his son’s after three drinks but why learn from an IPhone when you can learn from Uncle Chris?
There are two items of note on the bottle label. The barrel number and the statement: “Kentucky Straight Bourbon”. The number indicates from which barrel the whiskey sourced. The term “Kentucky Straight Bourbon” is only achieved by following a set of laws. These laws, in the simplest terms are (minus a few details);
- Made in Kentucky
- Mash of 51% corn grain
- Not exceeding 80% abv
- Aged minimum of 2 years
Overall, Michter’s produces very nice whiskeys and I have enjoyed all the expressions I have tried so far. I found this bourbon to be smooth, well balanced but not very complex. It reminded me of a better version of their American Whiskey. By no means does it make it bad, but it makes a bit of a stretch when it comes to the price.
Price around $120 its good but not $120 good. It is priced less in Kentucky (approx. $100).
If you like it, drink it! – Chris
If you like it, drink it!
