soonershrink
Weller Antique 107 Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
January 29, 2022 (edited February 20, 2022)
It's a punchier version of SR. I bought this at SRP for about 50$, which seems honestly too high. It's not twice as good as Special Reserve, as the SR can be found locally for 23 and change. I did a side-by-side-by-side with Lone Elm Straight Wheat Single Barrel and Balcones Blue Corn Bourbon, as I wanted to see how the Lone Elm compared to another Texas whiskey and a well-regarded wheated bourbon. The Balcones was my favorite, followed by the Lone Elm. Since there's a fair difference in proof, I added some water to the higher proofed whiskies, and the preferences were closer, but still the same. That's not to say that W107 is a bad whiskey. I quite like Special Reserve, and this is a nice step up, but I don't think it should command twice the price, let alone four times the price according to secondary value. I actually enjoy this and would give it 4 stars if it was about 10 bucks cheaper and not nearly impossible to find even at 50 bucks.
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Got my bottles for $26, no way I would pay $50 for this
@soonershrink Haha it was said first long before I wrote it here. I’d really like to add a Full Proof to the collection, but the chance of finding one anywhere near SRP is close to zero. I think the only one from the core range I haven’t tasted yet is the CYPB, but doubt that’s better than the Full Proof. I’d walk right on by the Special Reserve, Antique, and 12 Year.
I would say this compares favorably to make yours 46 or the wood finishing series at close the same price and widely available
Just realized that I said very nearly the same thing about value as @ctbeck11 - wasn't an intentional plagiarism, although I certainly read his review previously.