Buffalo Hint Introduces 2 New Extremely-Restricted Weller Whiskeys

Collectors of high-end American whiskey ought to put together for a double hit. Buffalo Hint is as soon as once more increasing the Weller line with two new, ultra-premium expressions. Together with the lineup’s first wheat whiskey — an 18-year-old bottling unique to journey retail — the distillery has additionally introduced the second version of its uncommon Weller Millennium launch. 

Weller 18 12 months Outdated is the primary wheat whiskey within the trendy Weller lineup, and it is also the primary devoted, retail-ready wheat whiskey we’ve seen from Buffalo Hint. In contrast to bourbon, the place corn is the first grain, wheat whiskey should comprise a minimum of 51% wheat. Whereas Buffalo Hint doesn’t usually disclose its mash payments, this wheat whiskey is produced from a special recipe than the distillery’s well-known wheated bourbon (used for each the Weller and Pappy Van Winkle manufacturers). The 18-year-old whiskey is the oldest age-stated launch within the Weller line, bottled at 90 proof.

“Weller 18 12 months Outdated is the end result of curiosity, custom, and time,” says Harlen Wheatley, Buffalo Hint’s grasp distiller, in a press launch. “Wheat has a softness that may generally get misplaced with age, however right here, it’s developed into one thing wealthy and superbly expressive. We’re extraordinarily pleased with the ensuing whiskey, which showcases the flexibility and potential of a wheat-forward mashbill.”  

Based on model tasting notes, Weller 18 encompasses a nostril dominated by aged fruits and tobacco, earlier than shifting to a palate with balanced spice and notes of pear.

Weller 18 12 months Outdated is bottled in a crystal decanter, related in look to the model’s Weller Millennium expression, however with out the sliding presentation case. For now, and beginning this month, the wheat whiskey will solely be out there at journey stores in Los Angeles (LAX), New York Metropolis (JFK), and London Heathrow (LHR). The instructed retail value is $499 for a 700-milliliter bottle.

Along with a brand new wheat whiskey, Buffalo Hint can be rolling out the second-ever launch of Weller Millennium. Initially launched in Could 2024, Weller Millennium is probably the most premium bottle in the complete Weller lineup, with a instructed retail value of $7,500. Like the primary launch, Weller Millennium #2 is a mix of wheated bourbon and wheat whiskeys. These blends are distinct, and this 12 months’s launch encompasses a marriage of whiskeys distilled at Buffalo Hint in 2001 (2.9%), 2003 (46.5%), and 2006 (50.6%). 

The 750-milliliter bottle is offered in a customized, illuminated presentation case that includes sliding doorways. The case encompasses a gold placard that particulars the mix percentages by 12 months; Weller Millennium #1 has a white placard. Each variations are bottled at 99 proof.

“This second version takes final 12 months’s launch a step additional, with a brand new mix that we humbly imagine is an enchancment over the well-regarded first version,” says Andrew Duncan, Buffalo Hint’s world model director. “By rigorously deciding on and mixing  barrels relationship again to the early 2000s, we’ve got revisited a chapter within the Distillery’s historical past that formed  who we’re at present.”

Model tasting notes for Weller Millennium #2 describe “a stability of darkish cherry, wealthy butterscotch and heat vanilla that unfolds over layers of well-aged oak,” adopted by an oak-forward, prolonged end.

Weller Millennium #2 can have restricted distribution each within the U.S. and worldwide, with preliminary shipments arriving in July 2025 and a instructed retail value of $7,500. To have a good time whiskey pioneer William Larue Weller’s two hundredth birthday on July twenty fifth, 2025, a small amount of Weller Millennium #2 bottles will likely be out there for buy on the Buffalo Hint Present Store till provides run out.