Michter's 10yo Bourbon

Since the last time I drank Michter's and had it in a blind tasting with Knob Creek and High West DR, I have purchased a bottle and thought it might be fun to put it in this set. I believe they are both the same year, but I'm not sure they're the same barrel. Lets see how I compare with myself blind on two separate occasions. This is a blind review that was done in a set of 21 blind bourbon (and rye) reviews, tasted in sets of 3 (on different days). None of the whiskies were revealed until all 21 were drunk. More information about this setup in the first review of the series.

1. Old Forester 1920
2. Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch 2017
3. Four Roses Single Barrel OESK (Brookline Liquor Mart pick)
4. Kentucky Owl Rye (batch 1)
5. Weller Antique 107
6. Rowan's Creek
7. Elijah Craig Barrel Proof #12 (136 proof)
8. Old Forester Statesman
9. Michter's 10yo Bourbon
10. Henry McKenna 10yo BiB
11. Weller 12
12. Smooth Ambler Old Scout 7yo
13. Rhetoric 23
14. George T. Stagg 2017
15. Four Roses Single Barrel OBSV (Loch & Key Pick)
16. Maker's 46
17. Jack Daniels Single Barrel Bottled in Bond
18. Little Book “The Easy” (2017)

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Producer: Michter’s
ABV: 47.2%
Age: 10 years old.
Setting: Blind, in a trio with Elijah Craig Barrel Proof #12 (136 proof) and Old Forester Statesman

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Nose: Cardamom, clove, dough, back pepper, wheat cracker, molasses, some eucalyptus. A little shy on the nose, and a kind of sterile ethanol note that I don’t appreciate.
Palate: Subdued upfront, doughy and caramel, slowly builds.
Finish: Light thready medium length finish, waffles, maple syrup, bay leaf, and almost a yeastiness.
Overall: Baking spice & herb forward, almost a european oak character, with a sweet dessert-link finish. This was nice and easy drinking, but maybe a little muddled in character.
Guess: From the proof, the muddled spice notes and wheat cracker thing I’m going to say Maker’s 46. On the other hand if this is Maker’s 46 I’m enjoying it a lot more than I usually do.
Rank: 5
Reveal: Haha, shit. The thought did not even cross my mind. I liked it exactly nowhere near as much as I did the first time I tasted it, but I have tasted a lot since then. This lines up reasonably well with my thoughts about modern Michter’s 10 unblind. Not worth the cash.