Bourbon Review: Michter’s 10 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon

This is smooth, and not too sweet. Although the fruitiness comes in on the nose, the palate is cereal grain and smoked chili pepper; more rye-like than a typical bourbon, in my opinion. A little thinner, more astringent than some of the other Michter’s I’ve sampled. It comes in a little hot. If you have sensitivity to heat you will want this with ice, for sure, or a couple drops of water. I’d personally go sparingly with the water. Since this isn’t as strong in the palate, I feel like this would taste watered down kind of quickly. To me, this is not the pinnacle of what Michter’s has put out. It’s very good, don’t get me wrong, but I kind of like to roll a little bit of heaviness in my mouth, the sink and swish of heft. This isn’t it. Palates do run unique, like fingerprints, however. The boyfriend tasted this too. His tasting notes went something like, “Easy to drink. Not real strong on the initial bit. It’s kind of soft. Underwhelming on the initial taste, but kind of mellow and warming. It took a second to kick in, like a large turbo.”