Michters Pot Still Whiskey Bicentennial Commemorative Jug 1 Quart [Low Fill] 1976 - Flask Fine Wine & Whisky

Michters Pot Still Whiskey Bicentennial Commemorative Jug 1 Quart [Low Fill] 1976

A rare late 1970s example of whiskey distilled at the original Michter's distillery in Schaeferstown, PA. Generally overlooked in its time, the distillery developed a cult status in the years following its closure in 1989 after Julian Van Winkle III bottled the Hirsch Reserve for Gordon Hue using barrels he had purchased from it.

In particular, the Michter's Jug House where this was bottled is a place of great interest. At the time, the distillery was owned by (and also named for) Pennco, who developed the Michter's brand. The Jug House was built by the company primarily as a feature for tourists, and it contained a single pot still that produced a single barrel a day so that out-of-season visitors could still see whiskey being produced. The Hirsch Reserve was erroneously labelled as a pot still bourbon, leading many to speculate that the Jug House was the source of this legendary whiskey, regarded by many as the finest ever bottled. This is likely also the case here, due to the wider release of the product, but it is never-the-less incredibly rare. The remaining warehoused stock from the distillery was re-distilled for industrial use after its closure, making these bottles true relics from a distillery now thought of as a lost treasure.

Michters Pot Still Whiskey Bicentennial Commemorative Jug 1 Quart [Low Fill] 1976

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