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W. L. Weller - Special Reserve - Wheated Bourbon
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A wheated bourbon using wheat as the secondary grain instead of rye, offering a softer, sweeter profile with notes of vanilla, caramel, honey, and light fruit. Smooth and approachable with a gentle finish.
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Provenance
- Type
- Whisky
- Producer
- Buffalo Trace Distillery
- Country
- USA
- Region
- Kentucky
- Style
- Bourbon
Technical
- Vintage
- Grapes
- ABV
- Size
- Ageing
- Serving
- 18° - 22° C
- Drinking window
Key characteristics
About this whisky
W. L. Weller Special Reserve is Buffalo Trace Distillery's flagship wheated bourbon, made in Kentucky using wheat rather than rye as the secondary grain. Bottled at 45% ABV, it is the entry point into the Weller range that has become a byword for wheated bourbon style.
Expect a softer, rounder profile than rye-forward bourbons, honey, vanilla, caramel and a gentle grain sweetness with minimal spice bite. Serve neat or over ice after dinner, or as the backbone of an old fashioned. Good company for dark chocolate or a slow cigar on deck.
The Wheated Reserve
Ingredients
- 60 ml W. L. Weller Special Reserve Kentucky Straight Wheated Bourbon
- 20 ml dry vermouth
- 15 ml Bénédictine
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- 1 dash orange bitters
Method
- Add all ingredients to a mixing glass filled with large ice cubes.
- Stir continuously for 45 seconds until well-chilled and properly diluted.
- Strain into a pre-chilled coupe glass using a fine mesh strainer.
Serve
Coupe glass, expressed orange peel twist laid across the rim, single cherry speared on a cocktail pick resting on the glass edge.
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Behind the bottle
Producer
Buffalo Trace Distillery
Buffalo Trace Distillery is a bourbon producer located in Frankfort, Kentucky. The distillery has operated continuously since 1787, making it one of the oldest active bourbon operations in the United States. The operation…
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Region
Kentucky
Kentucky stands as America's bourbon heartland, producing approximately 95% of the world's bourbon whiskey. Located in the south-central United States, the state benefits from limestone-filtered water and a continental climate…
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