So this is a batch 2, no clue if they're different.
Nose - Classic wheater notes. Unlike the standard weller's 107 and SR this has a good bit of oak note. The nose is far more aggressive and intense than the 107 despite the lower abv. I get cherry candy, vanilla...you know it's like the cherry Twizzlers a bit. Super sweet now getting fruity jams in the back end.
Taste - I get more of that cherry, there's a bit of rye spice to it, oak gives it a bit of a waxy muted thing with some nice oak.
OK so the question of the night. 107 vs CYPB. Now this is going to sound crazy but the 107 has less flavor. It has a hotter finish (heck of a lot more kentucky hug). But the 107 is smooth and mellow up front then turns into heat and gives a strong oak kick. The CYPB is sweeter, more mouth filling, mouth coating, and finishes much smoother (yeah I know meaningless) where their is still oak and some rye spice giving it a kick the 107 kicks way harder. I think the CYPB's cherry and waxy oak note are different from the 107's more caramel and oak forward notes.
For those who saw my negative review of the 107, I'm comparing it to a FAR better 107 bottle which would get scored higher, so I did make sure to not only compare it to a 107 but a good bottling of 107.
Verdict? I'm taking the CYPB and I hate saying it because I really want to hate this.
50 bucks (48.98). I don't like the 107 for this price. I'm ok with this at that price. 3.0. Please don't pay secondary for it.
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@PBMichiganWolverine wow I paid 150 and I won a raffle at the same place for that one. That's awesome at 100. I'm not sure it'll be worth it as I dunno, I struggle with what a good rye is worth to me. But that's a good one.!
@dhsilv2 funny you mention raffle. I won my first. I didn’t realize it gives you the “right” to buy...I thought winning a raffle would mean the bottle is free. Anyway, was for Parker’s Heritage rye, at $100. Hopefully it’s worth it
@PBMichiganWolverine 48.98 for me. Sure I had to spend money at a store to get the right to enter a raffel to get into a tasting where there was a raffel that I got called 2nd for the right to buy the 1 bottle of CYPB, but still. :) and omg even at 50 this is worth it but a steal. It's worth 60 max.
This is over $300 in most places...grossly overpriced