Michter’s 10 Year Kentucky Single Barrel Bourbon 750mL

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Mature in age and truly exceptional in quality, Michters 10 Year Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon has earned its place as an enduring favorite of the most discerning whiskey connoisseurs. The Best American Whiskey according to Food & Wine magazine, our 10 Year Single Barrel Bourbon represents the culmination of over a decade of patient aging in specially chosen, new charred American white oak barrels.

94.4 Proof (ABV 47.2%)

THE DISTILLERY

Located at 801 West Main Street in the heart of downtown Louisville, Michters Fort Nelson Distillery is across the street from the Louisville Slugger Museum & Bat Factory and down the block from the Frazier History Museum, which has been designated the Kentucky Bourbon Trail Welcome Center and serves as the official starting point of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. Join us for a guided tour and tasting to learn about our Cost Be Damned approach to producing the highest quality American whiskeys and enjoy a drink at the world-class Bar at Fort Nelson. Online reservations are strongly recommended, but walk-ins will be taken on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The Process

Cooperage
We Pay Careful Attention to the Wood Used in the Construction of Our Barrels
We are specifying wood that has been thoroughly and properly dried, sometimes for as long as 18-48 months, in order to enhance the natural properties of the wood which allow for better flavor and to reduce the levels of tannin imparted to the whiskey.

Toasting & Charring
The Barrels Made to Our Specifications Are Toasted Before Charring
Toasting a barrel before charring helps to make the woods sugars more accessible. These sugars caramelize and concentrate to form the “red line” in the barrel stave cross-sections due to the heat, ultimately adding more flavor and color to the whiskey as it seeps through the char to the caramel red line.

Low Entry Proof
We Enter Our Rye and Bourbon Into Barrels at 103 Proof (51.5% ABV)
Although the typical industry entry proof is 125 proof, we believe that the lower 103 proof (51.5% ABV) level which was historically regarded as the gold standard in Kentucky allows for the concentrated sugars in the toasted and charred wood to dissolve more readily into the distillate as it cycles in and out of the barrel. Even though the lower entry proof yields fewer bottles per barrel, we believe that the smooth flavor and richer mouthfeel makes it worth it.

Heat Cycling
We Heat Cycle Our Barrels During Their Aging
The more often whiskey expands and contracts (“cycles”) soaking in and then out of the wood of the barrel, the more flavor it absorbs from the sugars in the caramelized red line of the wood. Heat cycling is an uncommon practice used to raise and lower the temperatures in the barrel warehouses to induce extra cycles within a given year. This practice is extremely costly because heat cycling significantly increases the “Angel Share” evaporation during aging, but in most cases enhances the flavor of the whiskey.

Heat Cycling
We Heat Cycle Our Barrels During Their Aging
The more often whiskey expands and contracts (“cycles”) soaking in and then out of the wood of the barrel, the more flavor it absorbs from the sugars in the caramelized red line of the wood. Heat cycling is an uncommon practice used to raise and lower the temperatures in the barrel warehouses to induce extra cycles within a given year. This practice is extremely costly because heat cycling significantly increases the “Angel Share” evaporation during aging, but in most cases enhances the flavor of the whiskey.

AWARDS

Best of the Best
Robb Report
Richard Carleton Hacker

Excellent
Mens Health
Charles Cowdery

The panels favorite
The Los Angeles Times
Charles Perry

A+their ultra-aged whiskeys are better than the equivalent Van Winkle
Whiskey Reviewer
Richard Thomas

quite simply the best bourbon Ive had all year
The Tasting Panel
Fred Minnick

the clear favorite of the lineupIve never had a Michters whiskey that did not get it right.

Michael Veach

Classic (96-100) Highest Recommendation
Wine Enthusiast

TASTING NOTES

Big and bold dark toffee and caramel, charred oak, maple syrup, vanilla.

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