Weller Special Reserve Bourbon

Probably my favorite bottle for the value. It helps I love wheated but I see SR under $30 and I buy. Can drink neat or mix

Very good Bourbon with wheated mash. On the nose, you’ll get cinnamon, nutmeg, leather, caramel. On the palate, it’s a good combination of the above with more caramel, vanilla and herbal notes. Spicy notes in the end. Everyone will say the Weller is an unexpensive Papi, and ill take it. Just great!

I got vanilla, caramel, and smokeh flavor. But it was overall pretty smooth. I don’t think it was worth $59.99 but I wanted the bottle so I got it, but would probably look more for it under $45 from now on.

Weller Special Reserve Nose: Dry Oak and Cedar, Walnut Shells, Vanilla, Straw, Hints of Leather. Gets Savory and a little Richer with time. BBQ Sauce? Neat: Thinnish Mouthfeel, Light Vanilla Sweetness, Walnut, Leather, Drying Oak. Pencil Shavings? Easy smooth finish with mild KYHug. There’s Pencil Shaving and Light Leather that lingers and coats the palate. Splash: Water brings out some extra Sweetness up front, but adds Bitterness to the backend. Better neat. Verdict: Very good budget bourbon if you can find it at MSRP. Definitely a slight step up from Heaven Hill and Beam’s entry level Wheated bourbons. You can taste the higher end Weller roots, just muted. Recently available in NC, but I’ve yet to actually see a bottle, so decided I’d try a pour while enjoying the best Fish Tacos on the planet @ Loco Jo’s. Will definitely buy again (both Bourbon and Tacos). 3.75

Very scotch-like. Smokey, almost peaty.