Nose: Rich caramel, cloves, vanilla
Palate: Full of caramel and vanilla.
Good dose of spice, with clove and some anise. Some pepper-y taste, but not too hot.
Finish: Warm and spicy. If I
am looking for flaws, it leans into the anise and becomes a hair bitter.
Last whiskey I reviewed was obviously flavored. This is a spot for the whiskey I would least be surprised to learn uses artificial flavoring and coloring. Talking to the Michter’s rep at some event, they call it ‘American’ because they don’t use all new oak barrels. This company is shady enough that I don’t believe he knows any more about their production than what is printed on the bottle (which, oddly enough, contains a reference to their proprietary filtering process). They don’t make anything; they are a non-distiller producer. However, time and again, the stuff they put in bottles is delicious. This stuff is nice, and it is at a mostly reasonable price point and compares nicely to others there, so I’ll continue to support it until they do something so stupid that I have to move on.
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