Michter’s announced on Tuesday that the “World’s Most Admired Whiskey Brand” of 2023 and 2024 was bringing back its highly-coveted 10-Year Kentucky Bourbon. The 94.4-proof bourbon hosts a suggested retail price of $195 and will hit the shelves in April.
“It is such an exciting time when we are reviewing barrels for consideration for this release,” said Michter’s Master of Maturation Andrea Wilson in a statement. “This year’s 10 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon is again overaged beyond 10 years. It opens with a very inviting nose and draws you in like a good movie with its character development and complexity with the joy of a great story it has to share, and leaving you satisfied through to the finish.”
This latest release follows the drop of Michter’s Bomberger’s Precision Fine Grain Bourbon, which was released in February. This year’s release was an experimental one that spent time in French oak instead of the usual Chinquapin oak, which is often used for Bomberger’s. We were very partial to this innovative release, and if you’d like to hear our thoughts, you can check out our review here.
As for Michter’s 10-year bourbon, the brand shared that Wilson and McKee observe older barrels within the brand’s stocks and taste them on a regular basis as they wait for just the right moment to bottle them for the 10-year.
“Rather than on a strict age schedule, at Michter’s we bottle whiskey when our production team deems it fully matured,” said Michter’s President Joeseph J. Magliocco in a statement. “This continues the standards set by Michter’s first Kentucky Master Distiller Willie Pratt.”
Over the last few years, Michter’s has steadily completed its ascent to whiskey superstardom. The brand’s diverse portfolio features its core US*1 Series, which consists of bourbon, American whiskey, rye whiskey and sour mash whiskey expressions.
The brand releases more limited whiskeys, like its toasted barrel series and extended-age expressions. Some of Michter’s premium expressions include its 10-year bourbon and rye whiskeys and its elusive Celebration Sour Mash, which fetches prices north of $15,000 on the secondary market — if you can find it.
Michter’s team shared that although the 2025 10-Year Bourbon clocks in at 94.4 proof, it is packed with character.
“It has remarkable body and character,” said Michter’s Master Distiller Dan McKee. “The richness and complexity of this whiskey continues to provide such a robust experience that is amazingly flavorful for a bourbon that isn’t north of 100 proof.”
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