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Bottling Name | Michters | Bottled By | Kentucky Bourbon Distillers, Ltd. Bardstown,KY | Type | Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey | Alcohol content | 94.4 Proof | Availability | US: Available Japan: Unknown Duty Free: Not Available Europe: Unknown | Mashbill Info | Single Barrel | Age | 10 | Views (since 20080612) | 23852 | Bottling Info | Orange hue. Initial sniffings detect a delightfully floral (juniper and honeysuckle) surface perfume that overrides deeper scents of cedary oak and sweet grain mash but doesn???t conceal them completely; later inhalations feature spicy baking scents of ginger, brown sugar and vanilla extract. Palate entry is sweet, luxurious and borderline fat; midpalate is slightly smoky, resiny, semisweet and delicious. Aftertaste is long, focused, piney, woody and moderately sweet.
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Review from mrviognier (BourbonEnthusiast Review ID 1824, Created:20100323233618) Purchased at: | Sample Provided by Distillery | Info on this bottle: | Barrel No. 3 | Nose: | Some toasty oak, a touch of heat, orange peel, mace, pepper. Some vanilla and marshmallow cream rounds out what comes across as a very light/faint nose. | Taste: | Sweet/alcohol entry that's almost immediately interrupted by the heat. Light to medium-bodied, with notes of wood plank and resin, and a touch of orange rind. | Finish: | Moderate, in length, but there's not much 'there' there. Burn integrates a bit more, but persists. All in all, the finish is short and wanting. | Overall: | Not a bad bottle per se, but completely underwhelming. Could easily be mistaken for a run-of-the mill brandy, and certainly not up there with the best Bourbons. |
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Review from leadbelly2550 (BourbonEnthusiast Review ID 1705, Created:20090928235704, Updated:20090929090534) Purchased at: | Bassin's, Washington DC | Purchased for: | around 50 | Info on this bottle: | Barrel No. 8E-2 | Nose: | brown sugar/caramel are the primary for me, with other flavors hiding below the surface. | Taste: | alcohol, oak barrel, dried fruit.. darker and more viscous than your average bourbon. | Finish: | long, strong, and sweet. | Overall: | a bottle i keep for special occasions, in part because it's so expensive, but also because it's refined, a little more penetrating than average, and tasty. there are less expensive bourbons that are just as good. better with a few ice cubes, but let them melt.
ps - to clarify, this is a kentucky-made bourbon, not the old Michter/A.H. Hirsch stocks. |
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Review from BuffaloBill (BourbonEnthusiast Review ID 1207, Created:20080726202717, Updated:20080727111214) View discussion on this review.
Purchased at: | Cape Cod | Nose: | The color of this Bourbon is absolutely stunning, it tells a story. Subtle, soft - needs to open a tad, Kraft (soft) Caramel with the scent of clove and orange peel. Delicate. | Taste: | Silky, silky smooth, unusually smooth - rather feminine along with a masculine touch, less the intimidation. Restrained. No frills. Light & delicate. A fair hit of firm rye kicks back into ones nostrils with no burn, but warmth. Clove, honey, & soft rye. Smooth and subtle. | Finish: | No fancy finish... although highly refined. Sugar water meets rock candy with a subtle charm, more rye. Extremely clean with no edges. Soft, warm, with little lingering - It becomes special... and the word here is NICE. | Overall: | It's a nice Bourbon |
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Review from bourbonv (BourbonEnthusiast Review ID 412, Created:20060318072235) Purchased at: | Bourbon's Bistro Bar | Purchased for: | 15.00 | Info on this bottle: | Single Barrel 4J-1 | Proof Of this Bottle: | 94.4 | Nose: | Caramel and fine leather and spice - nutmeg, with a hint of oak wood. | Taste: | Caramel and oak wood with some pepper spice and fine leather and tobacco. | Finish: | Dry oak wood finish - very clean. | Overall: | Nice after dinner drink neat. |
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Review from abcgroup (BourbonEnthusiast Review ID 235, Created:20050803175724) Purchased at: | Sigman's (Free 50ml bottle) | Info on this bottle: | Barrel 3E1 | Proof Of this Bottle: | 94 | Nose: | A little bit of caramel and candied nuts.
--I just took another | Taste: | This bourbon has a warm flavor, kinda the way leather smells. There is also a citrus taste but it's very subtle. This is more complex than other Michter's products but not over done. It's pleasant | Finish: | This bourbon has a nice sweet finish. The caramel really comes out in the finish. | Overall: | Ya know, this stuff isn't bad. It's much better than their American Whiskey. I'd say it's worth trying, but only if you can find a smaller bottle. The bottle I've seen is 50 bucks usually. |
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Review from Mark (BourbonEnthusiast Review ID 27) Purchased at: | Sam's (during a sale) | Purchased for: | $28 | Info on this bottle: | Michter's Barrel No. 3 | Nose: | | Taste: | | Finish: | | Overall: | |
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