Michter’s 2025 Legacy Sequence Hits Retail Cabinets in July

Two of Michter’s hottest whiskeys are returning for 2025. And persevering with a development from final yr, each function modern barrel getting old to develop layered taste profiles.

Bomberger’s Declaration Kentucky Straight Bourbon and Shenk’s Homestead Bitter Mash Whiskey will likely be again on cabinets beginning this July. Collectively, they make up two-thirds of the Michter’s Legacy Sequence of whiskeys. Earlier this yr, the inaugural launch of Bomberger’s PFG (brief for “Precision Advantageous Grain”) was launched because the third member of the collection.

The Legacy Sequence holds a particular place amongst Michter’s merchandise, permitting the corporate latitude to discover totally different taste profiles by varied grain varieties, mash payments, and getting old methods.

First launched in 2014, Bomberger’s Declaration is a Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey bottled at 108 proof. In recent times, the expression has included a portion of distillate aged in Chinkapin oak barrels as a substitute of the extra typical American white oak. Michter’s emphasizes wooden science as “key to the character” of the Bomberger’s Declaration line.

“As soon as once more, Chinkapin barrels have contributed to the hallmark taste of Bomberger’s Declaration,” says Michter’s grasp of maturation, Andrea Wilson, in a press release. “For this yr’s launch, we used a spectrum of various barrels constructed from wooden naturally seasoned outdoor in various instances from 18 months to 3 years to 4 years to 5 years, thus altering the chemistry of the oak’s contributions throughout getting old. The result’s a daring and multi-dimensional expertise to savor and revel in.”

Shenk’s Homestead Bitter Mash Whiskey was first bottled in 2018 and has since joined Bomberger’s Declaration as a restricted annual launch. Bottled at 91.2 proof, it’s amongst Michter’s most experimental expressions and typically options grain varietals not often seen in different American whiskeys. For instance, the 2024 launch of Shenk’s used rye, malted rye, and — for the primary time — caramel malt within the recipe.

“I actually benefit from the daring and lingering baking spice notes within the 2025 Shenk’s launch,” says Michter’s grasp distiller Dan McKee. “A few of it was completed in French oak toasted, however not charred barrels crafted from wooden grown within the Vosges forest, and this helped to intensify the character of the rye on this whiskey.”

Much like the model’s US*1 Bitter Mash Whiskey, Shenk’s doesn’t meet the standards to be categorized as a bourbon or rye, therefore the “bitter mash whiskey” labeling. Michter’s typically declines to offer many extra particulars about Shenk’s, together with the mash invoice, however the firm has described it as having a “rye-forward profile.”  

Shenk’s, Bomberger’s Declaration, and Bomberger’s PGF are all non-age-stated whiskeys, which means Michter’s doesn’t disclose precisely how lengthy every whiskey matures. Since Bomberger’s is labeled a straight bourbon whiskey with no different age assertion, it should be at the very least 4 years outdated. However that doesn’t imply the expressions are essentially younger, and it’s extensively believed every bottling incorporates considerably older distillate.

All three Legacy Sequence whiskeys pay homage to the model’s origins and historical past. Shenk’s is known as after Swiss Mennonite farmer John Shenk, who established his Pennsylvania distillery in 1753. That facility later turned Bomberger’s Distillery earlier than lastly being renamed Michter’s round 1950.

The Pennsylvania distillery closed down a number of a long time later, and in 1997, present Michter’s President Joseph Magliocco acquired the trademark earlier than relocating operations to Kentucky. At present, Michter’s most important distillery is positioned in Shively, Kentucky. The corporate additionally runs a smaller distillery and famed bar alongside downtown Louisville’s Whiskey Row.

Bomberger’s Declaration is bottled at 54% ABV with a steered retail worth of $120. Shenk’s Homestead Bitter Mash Whiskey is bottled at 45.6% ABV and has a steered retail worth of $110. Each whiskeys will likely be accessible on U.S. cabinets beginning this July.