Michter's 10 Year Old Kentucky Straight Rye is a rare single barrel expression produced at Fort Nelson Distillery in Louisville, Kentucky — aged for a full decade in new charred American oak to produce the oldest age-stated rye in the Michter's range. As a straight rye, the mashbill is majority rye grain, distilled to no more than 160 proof and entered into barrel at Michter's standard 103 proof entry. Ten years in Michter's heat-cycling warehouses — which expose barrels to seasonal temperature extremes to promote deeper cask interaction — develops exceptional richness and integration: rye spice, dark fruit, toffee, leather, and deep oak. Bottled at 46.4% ABV as a single barrel, without chill-filtration.

Michter's has roots in a Pennsylvania distillery established in 1753, historically linked to whiskey supplied to George Washington's troops during the American Revolutionary War. The modern Michter's brand relaunched in the 1990s and now produces whiskey from Fort Nelson Distillery, a restored 19th-century building in the heart of Louisville, Kentucky's whiskey district on Whiskey Row. The brand is known for its heat-cycling warehouses, which expose barrels to seasonal temperature changes to accelerate and deepen flavour development, and for barrel entry proof of 103 — below the 125 proof maximum permitted for bourbon — to preserve more grain character.