Michter’s Toasted Barrel Finish Sour Mash

Michter’s Toasted Barrel Finish Sour Mash Upon its being named “Whisky Of The Year” for 2019 with the aid of using The Whisky Exchange, Michter’s US1 Sour Mash Whiskey have become the primary whiskey made withinside the United States to ever obtain this honor. It is that this award prevailing whiskey this is on the coronary heart of our Toasted Barrel Sour Mash Whiskey. It is made with the aid of using taking Michter’s US1 Sour Mash Whiskey after which ageing it for a further time frame in a 2nd custom made barrel. This 2nd barrel is assembled from 18-month air-dried wooden after which toasted however now no longer charred. Several distinctive degrees of toast for the second one barrel have been evaluated earlier than our manufacturing crew led with the aid of using Master Distiller Dan McKee and Master of Maturation Andrea Wilson determined on the only that might excellent show the fashionable nuances of this outstanding whiskey.

Nose: Light nose, however it starts to construct the greater you sip. Banana fosters all day (brown sugar, caramelized banana), Nilla wafer pudding, barely toasted wooden, raisin bread pudding with a cinnamon dusting, heat croissants with butter.

Palate: Marshmallow fluff (I get this nearly each time with a toasted barrel finish, it’s my preferred part), a few faint pepper flakes, cinnamon spiced honey. The mouthfeel is creamier than I notion it’d receive its proof.

Finish: Interestingly, a chunk of rye man or woman after the sip is complete. There’s a pleasing quantity of cinnamon and mint with greater caramelized banana notes turning into apparent. It’s shorter than I need it to be (possibly lasting approximately 60 seconds earlier than there’s a scarcity of taste once more for your mouth), however that’s the 86 proof’s fault greater than some thing I suspect.

Upon its being named “Whisky Of The Year” for 2019 with the aid of using The Whisky Exchange, Michter’s US1 Sour Mash Whiskey have become the primary whiskey made with inside the United States to ever obtain this honor. It is that this award prevailing whiskey this is on the coronary heart of our Toasted Barrel Sour Mash Whiskey. It is made with the aid of using taking Michter’s US1 Sour Mash Whiskey after which ageing it for a further time frame in a 2nd custom made barrel. This 2nd barrel is assembled from 18-month air-dried wooden after which toasted however now no longer charred. Several distinctive degrees of toast for the second one barrel have been evaluated earlier than our manufacturing crew led with the aid of using Master Distiller Dan McKee and Master of Maturation Andrea Wilson determined on the only that might excellent show the fashionable nuances of this outstanding whiskey.