W.L. Weller Special Reserve Bourbon Whiskey

Weller Special Reserve is the original wheated bourbon at 90 proof — William Larue Weller's 1849 idea, wheat in place of rye, from Buffalo Trace's wheated mashbill, the same recipe as Pappy Van Winkle. Weller is credited with the first wheated bourbon; the brand passed to Stitzel-Weller under Pappy Van Winkle and then to Buffalo Trace, where Sazerac distills it from the wheated mashbill — roughly 70% corn, 16% wheat, 14% malted barley — it also uses for the Van Winkle line. Special Reserve is the entry: wheated Kentucky straight bourbon aged around six to seven years in the Frankfort warehouses and bottled at 90 proof in the green-label bottle, the burnt-orange color the house points to. Expect the softness wheat brings — a nose of honey, caramel, and cherry with a hint of chocolate, a gentle, sweet, light-bodied palate of vanilla, toffee, and soft fruit, and a short, smooth finish. Bourbon Culture ranks it the gentlest Weller, built to compete with Maker's Mark. Honest note: this is the Weller everyone can find and the reviewers are honest that its fame is the Pappy effect — the liquid is a soft, sweet, easy wheater for the Old Fashioned and the newcomer, and Antique 107 is where the family gets serious. On a cube, in an Old Fashioned, or neat for a beginner. Weller, Special Reserve.

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