Once again, Michter’s Distillery in Louisville, Kentucky, has won our “Whiskey of the Month” designation. It proves that Michter’s is making excellent whiskey and are using innovative ways to make their whiskey. This version of Bomberger’s Declaration is called “PFG” because they are making the barrels with fine grain oak that has air dried for forty months. It proves that there is no replacement for time when making whiskey. Andrea Wilson is a true Master of Maturation as her title indicates. This Bourbon was probably made by Pam Heilmann since it tastes of a Bourbon at least six years old, but I am sure their current Master Distiller, Dan McKee was right by her side when it was made. Michter’s Distillery has a great team of whiskey makers.
Michter’s sent me (or should I say Rosemary a bottle since it arrived on her birthday) of this newest version of Bombergers the other day. Matt and I sat down and tasted it the next day and we both decided that this would be our whiskey of the month. Here are our tasting notes.
Bomberger’s Declaration PFG Bourbon
Proof: 100.2
Age: No Age Statement
Nose:
- Mike: Caramel, milk chocolate, apples, cinnamon and oak wood.
- Matt: Caramel, citrus, strawberries, cedar and oak woods.
Taste:
- Mike: Caramel, milk chocolate, apples, cinnamon, nutmeg and oak wood. Tasted with a dried cranberry enhances the caramel and cinnamon. Tasted with a pecan and the chocolate and oak are both enhanced.
- Matt: Caramel, citrus notes, strawberries, coffee with cream and sugar, and oak wood. The dried cranberry enhanced the caramel and fruit notes. The pecan enhanced the coffee with cream and sugar and brought out a note of chocolate.
Finish:
- Mike: Long with oak wood and cinnamon spice. The dried cranberry made the finish very long with lingering caramel. The pecan made the finish very long with oak wood, cinnamon and lingering milk chocolate.
- Matt: Long with oak wood and caramel with lingering notes of coffee. The dried cranberry brought forward the coffee with cream and sugar. The pecan made the finish very long with lots of oak wood, coffee with cream and sugar and lingering caramel.
I would pair this fine Bourbon with a Ferio Tego Timeless Panamericana cigar. I think the rich vanilla, tobacco and cedar spice in the smoke would work well with the caramel and chocolate in the Bourbon.
Photos Courtesy of Rosemary Miller