Old Elk 'Maverelk' Wheated Bourbon Whiskey Single Barrel #3927

Maverelk is a single barrel of Old Elk's 45%-wheat bourbon — more wheat than Pappy, Weller, or Maker's — picked by Helix Liquor and Chips Liquor, six years old at 112.7 proof, barrel #3927. Old Elk is OtterBox founder Curt Richardson and master distiller Greg Metze, who spent nearly forty years running MGP's stills, in Fort Collins, Colorado; the Wheated is Metze's recipe pushed to the edge — 51% corn, the legal minimum, 45% soft red winter wheat, 4% malted barley — aged at least five years and normally Slow Cut to 92 proof. This barrel skipped the cut: six years old, bottled uncut at 112.7 proof from barrel #3927, selected in collaboration with Helix Liquor and Chips Liquor and named by the group. Bourbon Obsessed on the Wheated: soft caramel, wintergreen, dark cherry, tart orange peel, and simple-syrup sweetness on the nose, light caramel and citrus on the palate, and a long finish of rapidly growing black pepper — at barrel proof, expect all of that with more body, more spice, and the wheat's bread-and-honey softness under it. Honest note: 45% wheat at 112 proof from one barrel is a rarity — for the Weller Full Proof hunter who wants more wheat, not less, and the San Diego pick collector; when it's gone, it's gone. Neat, a drop of water. Maverelk, #3927.

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