Distillery
Michter's
Michter's traces its roots to 1753, when a Swiss Mennonite farmer began distilling rye in Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania. The brand we know today is now based in Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States. The unusual name came along in the 1950s, coined by then-owner Lou Forman from the names of his sons, Michael and Peter. The original Pennsylvania operation closed and fell into ruin by 1989. In the 1990s Joseph Magliocco and Richard Newman revived the name and shifted production to Kentucky. Today Michter's makes bourbon and rye across three Louisville sites, including the historic Fort Nelson Building. The house focus is small-batch and single-barrel whisky, with careful barrel selection rather than volume. That patient approach has helped rebuild one of American whisky's oldest names.
