Michter's US 1 Single Barrel Straight Rye Whiskey

Michter's US*1 Small Batch Bourbon

The reviewed bottle, from Batch 10B-24, is owned by @Maddie, is 65% full, and has been open for 5 years. @Michter's is a legendary old distillery and brand the rights to which are currently owned by a non-distillery producer. Michter's in the Spring 2017 edition of Whisky Advocate trumpets the trade-marked slogan, "It's all about the...

Score 87/100

Michter's A.H. Hirsch 20 Year Old 1987

Michter's Distillery goes back to the early 18th Century, although it was active under another name and built in Pennsylvania. Today the distillery is found in Kentucky, the heart of bourbon country. They produce a brand of the same name, but they also market a couple of whiskeys under the A.H. Hirsch label. Let me try their 20 Year Old. It was...

Score 79/100

Michter's US*1 Small Batch Sour Mash

Did you know that the Michter's Distillery actually existed at one point? It was founded in 1753 by John Shenk and was one of America’s oldest (and smallest) commercial distilleries. A.H. Hirsch was one of the brands they produced. It was closed from 1919 until 1933 and again from 1951 until 1976. It closed definitely in 1989. Now Michter’s is...

Score 83/100

Michter's 20 Year Old Single Barrel Bourbon

The 20 year old bourbon by Michter’s is very hard to find and if you are that lucky, it is absolutely not cheap (in 2016, it took the 10th sport in the USA’s most expensive bourbons, with Michter’s Celebration Sour Mash in the top spot with a price tag of nearly 4.000 dollars!). But that is not a big surprise: the bourbon matured for 20 years,...

Score 89/100