Michter’s Fort Nelson Distillery in Louisville is designed with visitors in mind. Take a tour, visit the bar, or shop in the gift shop. Learn all about it in our tour review!
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Michter's Fort Nelson Distillery in Louisville is designed with visitors in mind. Take a tour, visit the bar, or shop in the gift shop. Learn all about it in our tour review!
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Eight people will join the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame this September, including Dr. Jerry Dalton, the subject of an online video titled “Get Jerry… Read More
Eight people will join the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame this September, including Dr. Jerry Dalton, the subject of an online video titled “Get Jerry Dalton in the Hall of Fame.” The honorees also include a women’s rights activist who successfully fought a Kentucky state law banning women from bars, former Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer, and the father-and-son team who created Jefferson’s Bourbon.
This year’s inductees in alphabetical order:
Dr. Jerry Dalton spent 22 years in the Bourbon industry, and finished his career as Jim Beam’s master distiller succeeding Booker Noe before retiring early to take care of his wife.
Dixie Sherman Demuth owned Dixie’s Elbow Room in the 1950’s, and persuaded the Kentucky Supreme Court to overturn a 200-year-old state law banning women from working or drinking in public bars.
Greg Fischer is the former three-term mayor of Louisville, and worked tirelessly to promote Bourbon-related tourism in the city.
Pete Kamer spent 45 years in the industry before retiring and creating Distillery Engineering, a consulting firm that has helped numerous craft distillers get off the ground.
Joe Magliocco is the president and CEO of Michter’s Distillery, and helped lead the Whiskey Row renaissance in downtown Louisville with the development of the Michter’s micro-distillery and visitors center on Main Street.
Dean Watts is the former judge-executive of Nelson County, home to Bardstown and its growing number of distilleries.
Chet Zoeller is an author, historian, and co-founder of Jefferson’s Bourbon. After years of research, he wrote the book Bourbon in Kentucky, a comprehensive history of nearly 1,000 distillers and brands in the state’s history.
Trey Zoeller is Chet’s son, and co-founded Jefferson’s Bourbon with his father in 1997.
The induction ceremony will be held in September in conjunction with the Kentucky Bourbon Festival. Honorees are nominated by Kentucky Distillers Association member companies and the Bourbon Festival board, then reviewed by the KDA Board of Directors and a blue-ribbon panel of Hall of Fame members.
Links: Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame
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Michter’s US*1 Bourbon is a flavorful, well-balanced, true small batch bourbon, distilled and aged in Kentucky. Learn more about it in our Michter’s US*1 Bourbon Review!
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Michter’s US*1 Bourbon is a flavorful, well-balanced, true small batch bourbon, distilled and aged in Kentucky.
Why US*1? I have actually always wondered about that, even though I have visited the Michter’s Fort Nelson Distillery many times and have been a big Michter’s fan for years. Well, according to Michter’s: “The US*1 expressions, so named to honor Michter’s heritage harkening back to America’s first whiskey company, consist of some of the finest single barrel and truly small batch whiskeys available.” So what is this America’s first whiskey company of which they speak?
It turns out, John & Michael Shenk founded a distillery in Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania in 1753, called Shenk’s. Abe Bomberger purchased the distillery in 1861, and it then became known as Bomberger’s. The distillery closed due to Prohibition, and then reopened, and was eventually renamed Michter’s. The Michter’s Distillery closed its doors in 1990, and at that time it was the oldest distillery in the U.S.
Michter’s US*1 Bourbon is a small batch bourbon, which for Michter’s means that it is made from 20 barrels. It has an undisclosed mash bill, but uses the Michter’s 103 barrel entry proof, toasted & charred barrels that have been seasoned for 18 months, and custom filtration to bring out the bourbon’s best flavors.
Let’s taste it:
Rested for 15 minutes in a Glencairn
Nose: Cherry, cinnamon, cedar, deep brown sugar; subtle burnt caramel and soft vanilla; some leather appears, more so after a sip or two; moderately sweet; mild alcoholTaste: Cherry, brown sugar, cedar and char; a bit of caramel and vanilla towards the endFinish: The flavors continue with black pepper spice, dry oak and barrel char growing. Cedar reappears, to be joined by some leather which appears later on; The finish is fairly long, soft and lingering, although the relatively mild spice hangs on, too. There’s a nice warming sensation, but no real burn.
Michter’s Bourbon is very easy to drink. I hesitate to use the term since many people don’t like it, but I will anyway… Michter’s Bourbon is “smooth”. There, I said it. The alcohol is quite mild, there are no harsh flavors and the finish is warming, but without a burn. The bourbon is very balanced, pleasant and enjoyable.
Michter’s US*1 will appeal to bourbon drinkers who enjoy a flavorful pour without the burn or “in your face” characteristics that can be found with higher proof bourbons. Are you a Michter’s Bourbon fan, too?
We hope you enjoyed our Michter’s US*1 Bourbon Review. Next, check out our Michter’s US*1 Rye Review!
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Michter’s US*1 Rye is a Kentucky Rye, meaning that it uses close to the minimum allowable percentage of rye in its mash bill. However, it packs quite a bit of flavor for its relatively low proof. Want to learn more? Read our full review!
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Michter’s US*1 Rye packs quite a bit of flavor for its relatively low proof!
Michter’s US*1 Rye has an undisclosed mash bill, but it is said to be a “Kentucky Rye”, and therefore the percentage of rye will likely not be much higher than the required 51%. Otherwise, we don’t know many of the specifics, other than that Michter’s uses a low barrel entry proof of 103 for their whiskeys, toasted & charred barrels which are seasoned much longer than the industry standard, and custom filtering to help bring out the rye’s best flavors.
Let’s taste it:
Rested for 15 minutes in a Glencairn
Nose: Pear, sweet cherry, light rye spices, subtle burnt caramel, brown sugar, light cedar and pine; after a sip or two there’s a hint of dried apricot; moderately sweet; mild alcoholTaste: Brown sugar, caramel, soft remnants of fruit; mild black pepper and pineFinish: Black pepper grows into the finish where it become fairly spicy; some dry oak appears towards the end. Fairly long finish with lingering warmth
Michter’s US*1 Rye is surprisingly full of flavors. There is fruit, caramel and brown sugar that would not be necessarily expected, and there is the possibility that one might mistake this for a high rye bourbon. The nose is almost like a pear and cherry cobbler. The rye makes itself known more so in the finish, where the black pepper spice grows, although there are more subtle rye flavors in the nose. Due to the lower alcohol, I am left with a nice lasting warmth on the finish, rather than a “burn”.
So, where does all this flavor come from at the relatively low 84.8 proof? Maybe it is from the low barrel entry proof that Michter’s uses? Or the custom filtration? I have had this rye many times before, alone and in cocktails, and would never have guess the proof had I not known it. Generally, I would not make a cocktail with a less than 100 proof spirit, but somehow Michter’s Rye can hold its own at less than 85 proof!
I really enjoy this rye. I think people who might normally shy away from the strong citrusy, piny, spiciness of rye will like this rye too. It’s also perfect for bourbon drinkers since it could easily be confused with a bourbon. Have you tried Micther’s Rye? Are you a fan? Let me know. Cheers!
Note: Michter’s Rye is a single barrel whiskey, so your results may vary.
We hope you have enjoyed our Michter’s US*1 Rye Review! Would you like to read about another whiskey made by Michter’s? Check out our Bomberger’s Declaration Review!
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Shenk’s Homestead honors John Shenk, who founded a distillery in 1783 that would later become Michter’s. It’s a limited-production release shrouded by a little mystery. This is a “high rye” whiskey that doesn’t make its mash bill public. The 2021 release’s aging process uses barrels made from Chinquapin Oak trees. Some use the oak as proof that Shenk’s can’t possibly be bourbon. It could be that the mash bill has less than 51% corn, which would knock it out of the bourbon sphere. Learn more about Shenk’s Homestead 2021 release in our review!
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The price point keeps this from being a must buy.
Shenk’s Homestead honors John Shenk, who founded a distillery in 1783 that would later become Michter’s, according to the distillery’s website. It’s a limited-production release shrouded by a little mystery. This is a “high rye” whiskey that doesn’t make its mash bill public. Its aging process uses barrels made from Chinquapin Oak trees. Some use the oak as proof that Shenk’s can’t possibly be bourbon. Still, Old Charter Oak uses Chinkapin oak — a different spelling of Chinquapin — and calls its brew “bourbon”, so that’s not it. It could be that the mash bill has less than 51% corn, which would knock it out of the bourbon sphere.
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Let’s taste it:
Rested for 15 minutes in a Glencairn
Nose: Grain, brown sugar, caramel, toffeeTaste: Cherry, citrus, pepper, oak, Finish: Pepper, allspice, dried fruits
The grain speaks to the high rye content of this whiskey, but it’s quickly offset by some pleasant brown sugar notes that bring forward some sweetness. It’s an interesting pour, a cross between the lighter characters of a whiskey with the strong, long finish of a bourbon. It’s a pleasing, easy drink and will certainly warm you up on a cold night.
I’m torn. I like Shenk’s Homestead Kentucky Sour Mash Whiskey. It’s a fine sipping and unique whiskey, given its character and quality. But $90 is a tough ask, especially since (1) these are very hard to find in the wild and cost two times MSRP if you can find one on the secondary and (2) there are plenty of whiskeys and ryes available for half the price that are just as good. If money is no object, this is a good get.
I hope you have enjoyed our Shenk’s Homestead Kentucky Sour Mash Whiskey review by Ray Marcano. Ray publishes a free monthly newsletter, The Bourbon Resource. You can subscribe here. Next, read about Shenk’s Homestead’s brethren in our Bomberger’s Declaration Review!
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I get invited to many whiskey events, but Michter’s recently held one that I thought was an exceptionally good program. Michter’s hosted the Fort Nelson Fellowship Master Class and invited four bar managers from the Four Seasons Hotels from around… C…
