I.W. Harper 15 Year Old Bourbon Whiskey

I.W. Harper 15 Year is fifteen-year Bernheim bourbon aged in the old Stitzel-Weller warehouses and bottled at 86 proof — Breaking Bourbon rated it 3.5 out of 5 and called it a surprising flavor kick for the age and proof. Isaac Wolfe Bernheim founded I.W. Harper in 1872 and built the Louisville distillery that carries his name; the brand spent twenty-plus years sold only in Japan before Diageo brought it home in 2015, with this 15 Year as the flagship. It's distilled at the new Bernheim plant from a low-rye 86% corn, 6% rye, 8% malted barley mashbill, aged fifteen years in new charred oak in the Stitzel-Weller rickhouses in Shively, and bottled at 86 proof in the tall decanter with the stopper. Breaking Bourbon: bright cherry, apricot, and citrus with mint and dark chocolate on the nose; oak and leather emerging with chocolate and caramel on the palate; and a finish of manageable heat into oak, vanilla, and caramel — sweetness and oak in balance, not under-proofed or over-filtered. The Whiskey Wash and Bourbon Culture both note how well the low proof carries fifteen years without turning tannic. Honest note: fifteen-year Kentucky bourbon at this price is rare, and the low proof is the reason it's findable — the bottle for the drinker who wants age and elegance over heat, and the Stitzel-Weller pedigree without the Pappy price. Neat, in a Glencairn. Harper, fifteen years.

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