Michter’s devotees could have thought that the one restricted launch they needed to look ahead to in 2022 was the 10-year-old Single Barrel Rye, however this fall the distillery introduced again their US-1 Toasted Barrel End Bitter Mash Whiskey giving followers yet another unicorn to chase. I can virtually hear the enthusiastic jingling of automobile keys and hurried calls to the native liquor retailer now. After a three-year hiatus, this whiskey is returning to retailer cabinets with about as a lot backstory as the unique from 2019. Basically, not a lot. US-1 Bitter Mash Whiskey has lengthy been Michter’s most mysterious providing with a grain invoice that makes it not fairly a rye and never fairly a bourbon. For the Toasted Barrel End, that very same whiskey has been moreover aged for an unspecified period of time in a second toasted barrel, the precise toast profile of which was chosen by Michter’s Grasp of Maturation Andrea Wilson. We loved the debut, so let’s take a look at the sequel.
Like its predecessor, there’s a lot right here for each the rye and bourbon lover, by no means thoughts followers of the now widespread “toasted” fashion. On the nostril, a mild, caramel-covered sweetness rapidly provides strategy to minty spice and extra full of life and distinctive notes of tahini and crispy gingerbread. The palate is exceedingly approachable, a bit comfortable however nonetheless well-spiced and candy with early, silky notes of uncooked honey and clove. The midpalate transitions to banana chips, candied ginger, tea leaves, and char earlier than a prolonged end of caramel corn, darkish butterscotch, and cinnamon buns, heavy on the cinnamon and vanilla frosting. Whereas Michter’s could catch flack for not upping the octane on this one, its distinctive drinkability is half the attraction. Joyful searching!
86 proof. Reviewed: Batch No. 22G2247.
A- / $100 / michters.com [BUY IT NOW FROM DRIZLY]
Michter’s US-1 Toasted Barrel End Bitter Mash Whiskey 2022
$100
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