Description

Michter’s 10 year rye. One of our most limited production items, Michter’s 10 Year Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Rye continues the legacy of America’s first whiskey variety (rye) from America’s first whiskey company (Michter’s, originally known as Shenk’s). After a nearly three year absence from the market, Master Distiller Willie Pratt finally gave the green light for the re-release of Michter’s 10 year Rye in April 2014. You can purchase at our store

Michter’s 10 year rye price Deep notes of vanilla and toffee, toasted almonds and cinnamon with an ample dose of crushed pepper and a hint of orange citrus.

There are a few reasons aside from taste that this whiskey might be hard to get your hands on. Michter’s special releases have had a sort of public paranoia around them in previous years because of small supplies and some cancelled releases.

The 10-Year Rye, 10-Year Bourbon and 20-Year Bourbon expressions reflect the exceptional results of uncompromising craftsmanship and Kentucky’s unrivaled climate for aging outstanding whiskey. Often significantly older than the age statement on the label, only a select few barrels age with the elegance required for.

The Michter’s 10-year rye isn’t released every year, and the distillery said ahead of time that this one would be a limited batch. Michter’s did announce it’s expanding its grain-growing operations in Springfield, Kentucky, from 145 acres to 205. In theory, this should increase the volume of what Michter’s can produce in future years. Regardless, this remains a rare bottle to find for now.

Michter’s likes to say its 10-year rye “continues the legacy of America’s first whiskey variety (rye) from America’s first whiskey company.” The distillery ties its history to Shenk’s, which opened in Pennsylvania in 1753 – and, no doubt, made Monongahela Rye. That distillery eventually became Bomberger which, following Prohibition and another couple of decades, became Michter’s.