Mitcher’s 10yr

Much like the naturalist Henry David Thoreau would extol the virtues of reflecting on experiences in the natural world with pointed rhetoric, I adore sitting with a whiskey a long while, exploring it thoroughly in order to observe and understand its true character. For this year’s Michter’s 10 year bourbon, that included enjoying and sharing all 750mL that comes in the broad shouldered bottle from Michter’s sourced stocks over the course of more than 50 days. This is above and beyond my normal process laid out in my editorial policy, but occasionally really interesting whiskeys make me pause and evaluate for a long while, much like the legendary late Harvey Fry tended to do—spending upwards of a week getting to know a particular whisky expression before offering full tasting notes and a rating. My dear friend Alden Hart told this story to Charles Maclean who looked surprised and possibly a little jealous. I took this assignment personally and extended a week process out to a month. Ready to hear about the latest and greatest from Michter’s? Let’s get on with the review that has been nearly 2 months in the making.