Weller 12 Year vs. 1792 Sweet Wheat Comparison Review In a world gone crazy with bourbon hype, one of the biggest casualties came in the form of Weller 12 Year Bourbon.

The resulting recipe makes for generally a sweeter and milder whiskey. Weller is credited as the first to use a wheat recipe for Bourbon. Originally owned by the Stitzel-Weller Distilling Company, but nowadays the brand is owned by the Sazerac Company. The dark caramel and cocoa smell mixed with wheat and corn also remind me of peanut brittle or fudge. As discussed in my Old Rip Van Winkle 10 year old review, the Weller and Van Winkle brands share the same basic DNA. It’s one of the very popular Weller wheated bourbons, part of the Buffalo Trace, including Weller 107, Weller Special Reserve, Weller 12, Weller Full Proof, Weller Single Barrel (orange label), the Kosher Weller releases, and the super (duper ultra offer your first child as tribute) exclusive William Larue Weller.

It took me a while to get my hands on this bottle and I’m still impressed with the rich and oaky experience. Caramel, black cherries.

Pappy and the Wellers use the same mash bill and they share the Sitzel-Weller Distillery legacy. It’s still a little rougher around the edges than I would like, and the flavors need a little more “oomph” and pop in order to give it a “Top Shelf” rating, but it’s close.With that said, it’s an absolute steal at $23 and I would buy it frequently if it were actually available, but paying secondary market prices (often upwards of $80+) is a bit much. The Red Hots and alcohol flavors, while not overpowering, are intense. It’s moderate sweet caramel and kettle corn mixed with slightly stronger Red Hot candy-like cinnamon and moderate alcohol. I enjoy drinking this, but I don’t fully understand the hype. Nice complexity and it’s a bit of a departure from a lot of the other Bourbons out there. Wheated means the mash recipe uses wheat and not rye as the secondary grain. $80+ in secondary market107 has one heck of a family name. It may have a higher MSRP ($40-60) but it’s significantly easier to find and doesn’t suffer from absurd markups (because capitalism). Getting some medicinal on the back-end that’s got me cleansing my palate a bit.I had a sample of this a while back and enjoyed the barrel influences. The higher proof and younger Old Weller Antique I think is just more lively even if rougher around the edges. It’s like leaving a small piece of bread in your mouth and you can taste the grains and feel it sucking the moisture out of your mouth. Cola. Oak astringency and that’s taming the sweet. I also get additional hints of spice, as if it had some rye in the mash (it doesn’t).The flavors are pleasant, spicy, and hot from beginning to end, but I expected more fruit and mellowness, and less spice from the wheat. It was my first longer aged Bourbon and it’s what really turned me on to Bourbons. I’m curious to sit down with those. The first sniffs reveal a moderate mix of caramel, wood, vanilla, honey, and alcohol that form the foundation of the nose, like a caramel taffy soaked in alcohol. It’s certainly a recognizable member of the Weller label, with its own unique characteristics to compliment the high proof.”What you need to know is that Weller Antique is a wheated bourbon, replacing rye with wheat as a secondary grain in the mash. It has many of the same, if not better and more pronounced scents and flavors, without any of the stress of trying to get it. Now that there isn’t much of an MSRP price difference, Maker’s Mark is a significantly more attractive option that you can find pretty much anywhere. W. L. Weller 12 Background. One is 50/50 and the other is 60/40 Old Weller/Weller 12. And some tartness.

Thus, we get the most popular wheated Bourbons in the heavily aged Pappy Van Winkle line.Speaking of Pappy, Weller 12 has gotten a lot of press as a Pappy alternative. POSTED March 25, 2014 | UPDATED January 13, 2016 Mike Flaminio. “A wheated bourbon with a full-bodied flavor and a balanced palette. If you’re a barrel fan, this is tasty. I sneaked a sip and the more feisty Old Weller and the rich complexities of Weller 12 seem to go well.Weller 12 can be hard to find and I’d guess it’s not going to get better. Light to moderate notes of apricot, green apple, wood, and cinnamon are also mixed into the fray, creating a subdued smell of baked apple chips with cinnamon and honey.My first introduction to the taste is hot and spicy, but not pepper or pumpernickel spice from rye. Either currently or in the near future all Pappy should share the same Weller juice as barrels from Buffalo Trace come to age. Weller 12 Year Review. I’d suggest buying a bottle if you can find it, and if you like it, run back to buy another. (My 5 point scale: Pass, Try a Glass, Buy a Bottle, Buy Again, Shut Up and Take My Money – Bottle price is taken into consideration for recommendations.) Cherries, toffee. Difference between all these Bourbons is basically bottling proof and barrel section, in addition to age.Bunch of charred oak and vanilla. W. L. Weller 12 year old review. If you’re afflicted with a lack of access to this (like most of us including me), I suggest that you buy a top shelf rating. Photo by Buffalo Trace. Being the same juice as Pappy, significant age on the bottle, and a great price, I’d guess people are going to keep scooping it up. Since 2019, the lineup has been rapidly expanding even though availability is still so limited already I don’t know why they keep doing it. Weller 12 yo, at current levels. I can see this pairing well with cinnamon-flavored foods such as certain curries and cinnamon buns, as well as sweeter foods such as vanilla cakes, custards, and puddings, especially those that are slightly burnt or caramelized. W.L. Tobacco.Ample oak and vanilla with buttery flavors.

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