Buffalo Trace Distillery is continuing their Experimental Collection with the inclusion of a new Single Oak Rye Bourbon and a Low Entry Proof Wheated Bourbon. The Single Oak Project began in 1999, involved 192 bourbon barrels and highlights mash bill, entry proof, ageing location and barrel construction. Buffalo Trace Single Oak Rye Bourbon is a […]
Buffalo Trace Distillery has honored Daniel Weller – the ‘forefather of American whiskey’ and grandfather to William Larue (WL) Weller, who was the first to sell a wheated bourbon in Kentucky – with a new range of bourbons showcasing wheat varieties. Buffalo Trace plans to launch a new limited edition entry every other year in […]
Heaven’s Door Spirits – co-founded by iconic American folk singer, Bob Dylan, in 2018 – has added to their Bootleg Series with the release of an 11-year-old wheated bourbon finished in Islay whisky casks. Heaven’s Door Spirits Bootleg Series Vol IV is an 11-year-old wheated bourbon which spent nearly a year finishing in seasoned Scotch […]
Rebel Yell Kentucky Straight Bourbon, from Lux Row Distillers, has released their new Rebel Yell Cognac Cask Finish – bourbon finished in cognac casks. Rebel Yell Kentucky Straight Bourbon Cognac Cask Finish began as wheated bourbon aged four years before spending six months finishing in cognac casks, then was bottled at 45% alcohol by volume […]
Texas-based Oak & Eden has released a wheated bourbon called Oak & Eden Wheat & Spire [due to the fact it contains a spire of French oak]. Oak & Eden Wheat & Spire has a mashbill of 51% corn, 45% wheat and 4% malted barley, was matured for two years in American oak barrels, bottled […]
WhiskyCritic had a chance to sample some of Heaven Hill’s Larceny, a wheated bourbon with an interesting back story that left some good lingering memories on our taste buds as well. Larceny is bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and as a wheated bourbon [using wheat as the secondary grain, rather than rye], […]