Escape the cigars. Bardstown Bourbon Firm’s Origin household is welcoming a brand new addition. Excessive Wheat is the newest within the distillery’s house-distilled core vary, and it’s distinguished by, unsurprisingly, an entire lot of wheat. The truth is, at 39%, it’s one of many highest percentages of wheat in any mashbill throughout the trade. This new whiskey comes along with one other wheated bourbon within the Origin lineup, the Bottled-in-Bond black label providing, which boasts a extra modest 20% wheat in its recipe.
A double faucet of wheated bourbon isn’t precisely a shock from this pioneering Kentucky distillery. BBCo.’s personal “Wheat King” and Corridor of Fame Grasp Distiller Steve Nally, who spent 30 years at Maker’s Mark, is famously keen on wheated bourbon recipes. The truth is, a wheated white canine was truly the primary new make I ever sampled from the distillery a few years in the past. With Steve’s steering, Nick Smith, Director of Distillation and Head Distiller (who handles extra of the day-to-day distilling operations), arrived on the good mixture of wheat and barrel entry proof (108) to start this newest Origin providing. Let’s test it out.
The nostril is mild with notes of latest leather-based, buttery brioche, and crème caramel. Because it opens, a little bit of lemon drop provides issues some elevate, however the aroma stays elegant and subdued for essentially the most half. It’s an entire departure from the opposite Origin wheater, Bottled-in-Bond. The identical holds true on the palate, however for various causes. There’s extra oak clearly at work within the Excessive Wheat, and the modest enhance in abv is clear with a bit extra hugging heat. Wooden sugars dominate with notes of spice cupboard, toffee, and butterscotch that shifts from candied initially to darker and creamier on the midpalate. The end is lingering and wealthy with buttery caramel and gentle oak. At simply six years previous, it’s an impressively constructed bourbon, and whereas it will not be essentially the most advanced Origin Sequence launch, the physique and mouthfeel are unequalled. A pleasure to sip and savor, and a stable addition to the Origin Sequence household.
106 proof.
A- / $50
