Wilderness Trail 6 Year Bottled in Bond Bourbon (Wheated Bourbon)

Without a way to thread posts on Distiller I will point out that this is part of a series of posts regarding Bulleit, Wilderness Trail and James E. Pepper distillery tours. Public service announcement - this 6 year offering isn't delineated on Distiller (that I can tell) but both a high rye and wheated BiB bourbon are available. I previously splurged on the wheated BiB and didn't love it at first but it grew on me and is an improvement over their 4 year offering with more char and well structured oak notes. This review is on the 24% rye, 6-year BiB offering. It basically takes their 4-year, 24% rye offering and adds more banana, toffee and rye notes while still carrying through the butterscotch and oak char. If anything I'm a bit disappointed that the oak isn't more developed and that the banana esters shot up. For the money I would stick with their 4 year offering and check back when they release their 8 year BiB version in another year or so. As for their rye...

Dried apples and cider spice. Cinnamon and baking spices on the palate. Then the rye kicks in with mint and licorice. Easy drinker.