Michter's US*1 Toasted Barrel Finish Sour Mash Whiskey

Toasted Barrel Sour Mash is Michter's cult sour mash whiskey — neither bourbon nor rye by grain bill — given a second toasted barrel, and The Whiskey Wash scored it 8 out of 10 for fresh sugar cookies with lemon frosting. Michter's traces its name to Shenk's, the 1753 Pennsylvania distillery; the original Michter's Sour Mash was a 1970s cult bottle, and Joseph Magliocco's revived Kentucky house brought it back as US*1 Original Sour Mash — a mashbill between bourbon and rye that qualifies as neither, made by the sour-mash method and aged in new charred oak. The Toasted Barrel Finish moves fully matured Sour Mash into a second barrel of eighteen-month air-dried staves that are toasted rather than charred, and bottles at 86 proof in a limited release rotating with the toasted bourbon and rye. The Whiskey Wash: green apple with bold brightness, raisin, lemon verbena, and candied orange peel on the nose, sugar cookie and lemon frosting, very fruity and biscuity, with a velvety mouthfeel and a drying oak finish. The Campfire Dram calls it a fine whiskey and the sleeper of the toasted series. Honest note: the toasted bourbon gets the hype; enthusiasts who know the 1970s Michter's story buy this — the most distinctive whiskey Michter's makes, and the least imitated. Neat, in a Glencairn. Toasted Sour Mash.

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