Michter’s US*1 Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey is the entry point to the Michter’s rye range, and unusually for a whiskey at this price, every bottle comes from a single barrel. Michter’s traces its lineage to Shenk’s, the Pennsylvania distillery founded in 1753 that made rye for the Continental Army, and the company treats rye as America’s oldest whiskey style and its own first calling.
The rye grain is sheared before mashing to maximize flavor extraction, the whiskey is aged in heat-cycled warehouses in Kentucky, and it is bottled at 84.8 proof. Breaking Bourbon rated it 3 out of 5 and told readers not to let the proof steer them away, finding caramel, cherry and green apple with rye spice and oak on the nose, baking spice, caramel and oak leading to sweet cinnamon buns with a light, buttery mouthfeel on the palate, and a dry gingerbread finish with oak, leather and soft pepper. It is smooth enough to sip and a natural in a Manhattan or a Sazerac, and the single-barrel designation means every bottle is a little different.
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