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- Category Bourbon
- Country United States
- Region Kentucky
- Distillery Buffalo Trace
- Age 12 Year Old
- Style Kentucky Straight Wheated Bourbon
- Alcohol 45%*
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W.L. Weller
12 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
(0.75l,
45%*)
*please note that the ABV of this bottle may vary
Price
$320.99
A rich and sweet Wheated Bourbon at an exceptional value with specs to die for.
The name "Weller" has been around the horn a few times. It all started with the Stitzel-Weller Distilling Company — founded in 1935 and closed in 1972 during the famous "Whiskey Recession."
They had a bunch of great brands when they closed, and the formulas and brands were sold off. Today, the W. L. Weller brand is owned by Sazerac out of New Orleans and the Bourbons are distilled at their famous Buffalo Trace Distillery along with a wide array of Sazerac products.
How would you like to get your hands on a Bourbon with the same mash bill and aging profile as Pappy Van Winkle Lot B? W.L. Weller 12-Year-Old Kentucky Straight Wheated Bourbon is that dram.
Now, there are other differences, of course — we’re not saying that this twelve-year-old Weller at 45% ABV is as good as Pappy.
What we are saying is that this fine Bourbon is REALLY good, an exceptional value, AND you can get your hands on a bottle… and you should. Think of it as a "Poor Man’s Pappy."
*This bottle is a collector’s item; we will not be able to entertain any refunds or exchanges.
**Individual orders are limited to one item per person, as we wish to give everyone the opportunity to participate.
***Any kind of transit damage is insured and will be reimbursed.
- Category Bourbon
- Country United States
- Region Kentucky
- Distillery Buffalo Trace
- Age 12 Year Old
- Style Kentucky Straight Wheated Bourbon
- Alcohol 45%*
Appearance / Color
Warm Amber
Nose / Aroma / Smell
The aromas are remarkable and rich delivering notes of cinnamon, vanilla, caramel/ butterscotch, and wood.
Flavor / Taste / Palate
The flavors come in distinct waves in notes of spice cake, leather, mint, vanilla, and exotic fruits.
Finish
When sipped neat, the finish is long and downright elegant with a nice warmth of heavy oak and sweetness.
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About the Flavor Spiral
What does W.L. Weller 12 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey taste like?
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The Flavor Spiral™ shows the most common flavors that you'll taste in W.L. Weller 12 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey and gives you a chance to have a taste of it before actually tasting it.
We invented Flavor Spiral™ here at Flaviar to get all your senses involved in tasting drinks and, frankly, because we think that classic tasting notes are boring.
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W.L. Weller
12 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Dog Dogson's
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Pinhooking means purchasing and rearing a foal based on its pedigree and either selling it or turning it into a champ racing horse. The same idea is behind Pinhook Bourbon: they source young Whiskey to mature and blend it into a blue-ribbon sipping Bourbon.
The Buffalo Trace Distillery was one of the few production facilities that was allowed to remain in operation during Prohibition for "medicinal purposes."
Bourbon matures quicker than Scotch due to higher temperatures in American warehouses.
Pinhook’s high-proof Bourbon won Gold at the 2019 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, while the Straight Rye Whiskey won Double Gold the following year. In 2021, their Bourbon War Vertical Series 5 Year and the 2021 Flagship Bourbon won a Gold Medal each, with a Double Gold going to their Tiz Rye Time Vertical Series 5 Year. Pinhook is evidently doing something right!
Whisky or Whiskey? The spelling differs geographically. In Scotland, Japan, and some other parts of the world, distilleries usually spell it Whisky; in Ireland and the USA, they spell it Whiskey.
Bourbon rules refer to manufacturing methods rather than location. Bourbon must be matured in new and charred American white oak casks for at least 2 years. If the bottle has no age statement, the Bourbon is at least 4 years old. No coloring or flavoring of any type is allowed, and the mash bill must contain at least 51% corn.
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Dog Dogson's
Smartass corner
Pinhooking means purchasing and rearing a foal based on its pedigree and either selling it or turning it into a champ racing horse. The same idea is behind Pinhook Bourbon: they source young Whiskey to mature and blend it into a blue-ribbon sipping Bourbon.
The Buffalo Trace Distillery was one of the few production facilities that was allowed to remain in operation during Prohibition for "medicinal purposes."
Bourbon matures quicker than Scotch due to higher temperatures in American warehouses.
Pinhook’s high-proof Bourbon won Gold at the 2019 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, while the Straight Rye Whiskey won Double Gold the following year. In 2021, their Bourbon War Vertical Series 5 Year and the 2021 Flagship Bourbon won a Gold Medal each, with a Double Gold going to their Tiz Rye Time Vertical Series 5 Year. Pinhook is evidently doing something right!
Whisky or Whiskey? The spelling differs geographically. In Scotland, Japan, and some other parts of the world, distilleries usually spell it Whisky; in Ireland and the USA, they spell it Whiskey.
Bourbon rules refer to manufacturing methods rather than location. Bourbon must be matured in new and charred American white oak casks for at least 2 years. If the bottle has no age statement, the Bourbon is at least 4 years old. No coloring or flavoring of any type is allowed, and the mash bill must contain at least 51% corn.
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