The Rare Michter’s Celebration Ships This Month

Michter’s Distillery will begin shipping the 2025 Edition of Michter’s Celebration Sour Mash Whiskey in February 2026, marking only the fifth time this extraordinary expression has been released.

Only 315 bottles of the 2025 Edition will be made available worldwide. Bottled at 115.2 proof (57.6% ABV), Michter’s Celebration has a suggested retail price of $6,000 per bottle in the United States. Only seven barrels were chosen from Michter’s aging stocks for the 2025 Edition of Celebration: four Kentucky Straight Rye barrels and three Kentucky Straight Bourbon barrels.

“Each release of Michter’s Celebration is truly unique and cannot be replicated. This extraordinary whiskey is a symphony decades in the making, orchestrated by Master of Maturation Andrea Wilson and Master Distiller Dan McKee,” said Michter’s President Joseph J. Magliocco. “Together, they carefully oversee the aging and blending process, selecting these seven whiskeys not only for the extraordinary individual characteristics each brings, but with the understanding that together, they will create a whiskey so exquisite that the sum is even greater than its individual parts. It reflects patience, precision, and profound expertise composed into a single, unforgettable experience.”

Each bottle of the 2025 Celebration Sour Mash Whiskey is presented in a special gift box containing a letter signed by Michter’s Master Distiller Dan McKee. “This is the third edition of Michter’s Celebration in my time as Master Distiller, and each release is one of a kind. I’m so proud to have personally selected the barrels for this release,” said McKee. “The 2025 Celebration contains whiskey from seven extraordinary barrels, with the youngest whiskey being over 12 years old and the oldest whiskey being over 30 years old. It’s remarkable how the oldest barrels contribute just the right amount of oak influence while leaving room for the delicate nuances of the other beautiful ryes and bourbons in the blend to shine.”

Introduced in 2013, Michter’s Celebration Sour Mash marked a significant moment in American whiskey history: an American whiskey company was offering a blend of this caliber at a suggested retail price in the several-thousand-dollar range, establishing a new echelon of American whiskey.