A bit of an oddity in the Michter's decanter lineup is the Super 5 500ML decanter. Surely made to look like a Pittsburgh Steelers player, the Steelers name is never mentioned on the decanter or in the advertising. What is known is that Myron Cope, the "voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers" was involved with this decanter via the some of the proceeds of the sales going towards the Pittsburgh Chapter of the National Society for Autistic Children. Michter's heavily touted the odd 500ML size, which, while certainly a rare size for a decanter, only really robs you of 250ML of whiskey and that's about it. These decanters are unwieldy to pour, with the cork being at the rear top of the large triangle base. Smacking the head of the football player and cracking it was a real possibility if you were to attempt to get every bit of whiskey out of the decanter. However, the two piece design did make for a really neat looking decanter that stands out from the others when displayed.
Below is the Michter's Collector's Society mailer announcing the sale of the Super 5. The management at the time really liked to hype up new decanter releases and you can really see it in this newsletter. One case and five case discounts! "BUY NOW!" And no more than 5000 made (That's a lot in terms of Michter's decanter production). I don't know how well this decanter actually sold but allegedly only about 552 were made. Judging by how infrequently they come up for sale, I would tend to believe the 552 number versus 5000.
A little nugget of information at the bottom is that they again mention their single barrel program of whiskey distilled on the one barrel per day pot stills, which I did a blog entry about back in 2014. Celebrate the year 2000 with 20 year old Michter's from your very own private barrel? Unfortunately for all of us, that didn't happen. Had you taken advantage of that program in 1980, your barrel would now be 45 years old and probably contain only a dribble of over-aged whiskey.
