Weller Special Reserve Bourbon

That same apple that is prominent in Buffalo Trace’s mash bill 1 also make an appearance in their high wheat mash bill, which Weller is a part of. I would personally prefer the A107 or Full Proof, but Special Reserve is not a bad choice at all if you can find it around SRP. Light, sweet, cinnamon. An easy 90 proof pour.

N: Shaving cream, mineral water, wet stone, concrete dust, hint of cherry cough syrup, soft toasted oak, grass and hay. Somewhere deep in the background are the usual suspects of caramel, vanilla, and sweet corn. P: Light vanilla, wheat spice, touch of cherry, dried stone fruit, oak and earth, faint caramel and sweet corn, dried hay, dried herbs, some mint. F: Semi-sweet dark chocolate, barrel spice, light roast coffee, fresh oak, and more lingering barrel spice. This is pretty standard fare for wheated bourbon. If the scarcity and hype were ever to die down and this was widely available, it could be a nice rotation sipper, a little change up from a rye diet - the quality is here to support that, but not much more than that. It certainly doesn't support any crazy secondary prices, not when Makers and Larceny are so widely available in many variations. This feels more subdued and subtle than those, more grown up maybe, but I'm splitting hairs. At the end of the day, this nothing more than just okay. _______________________ Please come join an unofficial Distiller community on Discord (now one whole year old!): https://discord.gg/4nfePCdyKM. We chat spirits (and other things) in real time while being a great resource to each other for recommendations, finding deals, and generally enjoying the journey together. (If the link is expired, please post a comment and I will gladly and usually quickly provide a new one. Lately, I have not been able to tag people who have asked for the link, so please check back when you can. Or, better still, look for a more recent review of mine which should have the most current link.)