The Top Wheated Bourbons Under $100

Launching spring 2024, Lux Row Distillers has introduced Rebel 100 6 Year to its portfolio. Like other Rebel Bourbon releases, this is made with a wheated bourbon mash bill recipe created in 1849. Bottled at 50% ABV after 6 years of aging, availability begins in late March 2024 nationwide. (SRP $59.99)

Maker’s Mark Bourbon is a wheated Kentucky Straight Bourbon made from a mash bill of 70% corn, 16% red winter wheat, and 14% malted barley. The recipe was developed by Bill Samuels Sr., who famously tested grain combinations through baking rather than distillation. His wife, Margie Samuels, designed the bottle’s shape, label, and signature red wax seal. The bourbon is aged 6–7 years in char #3 new American oak barrels and bottled at 90 proof.

This grain-to-bottle bourbon utilizes grain (corn, wheat, and malted barley) sourced within 100 miles from the distillery in Wyoming. Released in batches so ages (and tasting profiles) will vary; this batch released in the summer of 2014 is over 4 years old. It's refreshingly aged in standard 53 gallon oak barrels instead of much smaller barrels young distilleries tend to use as they help hasten the aging process.

Larceny Small Batch is a brand extension of Heaven Hill's Old Fitzgerald line. According to their story, back in the day, John E. Fitzgerald used his privilege of holding the keys to Pappy Van Winkle's bonded warehouse, where the Old Fitzgerald bourbons were kept, to steal the best casks for himself. These became known as the "Fitzgerald Barrels." Larceny is a wheated straight bourbon made from a blend of selected barrels made in honor of this legend. It bears no-age statement and is bottled at 92 proof. Note: Packaging update in summer 2024 to feature the key and keyhole as well as the wheated bourbon mash bill.

Green River Wheated Bourbon is a Kentucky straight bourbon from Green River Distilling Co., part of Bardstown Bourbon Company. The mash bill is comprised of 70% Kentucky-grown corn, 21% wheat, and 9% barley. This whiskey is in 25 markets across the United States as of March 2023. (SRP $34.99)

This expression is a sweet mash bourbon, meaning that it is distilled from fresh grain — in this instance 69% corn, 19% wheat, and 12% malted barley — instead of using a portion of a previous batch (the traditional sour mash method). It is produced according to Bottled In Bond standards and as such, bottled (in this case non-chill filtered) at 100 proof.

Penelope Wheated Bourbon is the fifth expression added to Penelope's Core Series which also includes Architect, Barrel Strength, Four Grain, and Toasted. The wheated mash bill consists of 74% corn, 16% wheat, 7% rye, and 3% malted barley. Bottled at 95 proof, it's available nationwide beginning February 2025. (SRP $39.99)

W.L. Weller — named after William Larue Weller — is a wheated bourbon brand now owned by the Sazerac Company which acquired it in 1999. Made at the Buffalo Trace Distillery, Weller Special Reserve is the entry bottling to the Weller portfolio which features wheat instead of rye as the flavoring grain in the bourbon. It is a no-age statement release which is bottled at 90 proof.

This bourbon expression is distilled from a mash bill of 73% corn, 15% red wheat, and 12% barley. It is produced according to both bottled-in-bond and Real Missouri Bourbon standards—fermented, distilled, and aged in house in barrels manufactured in the state—made with Missouri-grown corn. As such it is bottled at 100 proof.

Announced in June 2025, this is the new signature expression from the Old Fitzgerald brand. A wheated bourbon produced at Heaven Hill Distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky, it is made from a mash bill of 68% corn, 20% wheat, and 12% malted barley and aged seven years in Level 3 charred new American oak barrels. Each bottle displays the distillation season and year on the neck wrap, with this first release distilled in spring 2018. Available nationwide beginning early summer 2025. (SRP $59.99)