Bomberger's Declaration Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 2025 is a bold limited-edition release from Michter's Legacy Series, created in tribute to the historic Bomberger's Distillery that preceded the Michter's name. Bottled at 108 proof, or 54% ABV, the 2025 release continues the series' distinctive use of Chinquapin oak, Quercus muehlenbergii, alongside traditional bourbon maturation. For this edition, Michter's selected barrels constructed from wood that had been naturally air-dried and seasoned for markedly different periods before being toasted and charred to the producer's specifications. These seasoning periods ranged from 18 months to three, four and five years, allowing different oak-development characteristics to contribute to the final whiskey. Michter's describes the resulting profile as particularly layered, combining chocolate, floral nuances, berries, salted caramel and baking spice.
The whiskey displays a rich mahogany colour and opens aromatically with bright fruit, roasted nuts and salted caramel. On the palate, sweet and savoury elements intermingle with jammy fruit, floral notes and spice before moving into chocolate and berry flavours. The finish is lingering and complex, preserving the robust character expected from the elevated 108-proof bottling. The precise mash bill is not disclosed, so it should not be assigned speculative grain percentages, although its legal designation as Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey establishes it as a corn-led bourbon mash. The 2025 release carries no age statement; because it is labelled Straight Bourbon without an age statement, the whiskey is at least four years old under U.S. labelling requirements. Presented in a 700ml format for the Australian market, this is a limited annual bottling combining traditional Kentucky bourbon character with Michter's continuing exploration of specialised oak seasoning.
Bomberger's Declaration Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 2025 is a bold limited-edition release from Michter's Legacy Series, created in tribute to the historic Bomberger's Distillery that preceded the Michter's name. Bottled at 108 proof, or 54% ABV, the 2025 release continues the series' distinctive use of Chinquapin oak, Quercus muehlenbergii, alongside traditional bourbon maturation. For this edition, Michter's selected barrels constructed from wood that had been naturally air-dried and seasoned for markedly different periods before being toasted and charred to the producer's specifications. These seasoning periods ranged from 18 months to three, four and five years, allowing different oak-development characteristics to contribute to the final whiskey. Michter's describes the resulting profile as particularly layered, combining chocolate, floral nuances, berries, salted caramel and baking spice.
The whiskey displays a rich mahogany colour and opens aromatically with bright fruit, roasted nuts and salted caramel. On the palate, sweet and savoury elements intermingle with jammy fruit, floral notes and spice before moving into chocolate and berry flavours. The finish is lingering and complex, preserving the robust character expected from the elevated 108-proof bottling. The precise mash bill is not disclosed, so it should not be assigned speculative grain percentages, although its legal designation as Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey establishes it as a corn-led bourbon mash. The 2025 release carries no age statement; because it is labelled Straight Bourbon without an age statement, the whiskey is at least four years old under U.S. labelling requirements. Presented in a 700ml format for the Australian market, this is a limited annual bottling combining traditional Kentucky bourbon character with Michter's continuing exploration of specialised oak seasoning.
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