At the moment, Buffalo Hint pronounces the launch of two Weller expressions: Weller Millennium No. 2 and Weller 18 yr outdated, the latter representing the oldest age assertion within the model’s historical past. At the moment’s announcement coincides with the two hundredth birthday of William Larue Weller, the legendary distiller who pioneered the usage of wheat in his whiskey making. Each releases pay homage to Weller’s authentic mashbill recipe from 1847, which revolutionized American whiskey by substituting wheat for rye within the mashbill, creating the famously easy wheated bourbon profile.
What Precisely Is Weller Millennium No. 2?
Weller Millennium No. 2 follows its inaugural launch from final Might, which offered a wedding of classic straight wheated bourbon and wheat whiskey, with the elements distilled at Buffalo Hint in 2001, 2003, and 2006. The liquid was particularly earmarked for this venture. The urged retail worth for Weller Millennium No. 2 is similar as the primary version: $7,500.
Market response to the primary launch was blended, with U.S. public sale costs reaching $9,000, although worldwide markets confirmed extra restraint—a bottle bought for simply $3,946 at public sale in Scotland this previous April.
We haven’t but tried a pattern, however Buffalo Hint describes the 99-proof expression as delivering “a stability of darkish cherry, wealthy butterscotch and heat vanilla that unfolds over layers of well-aged oak,” concluding with “a daring and enduring” end that builds to “an oak-forward crescendo.”
Availability begins at present at Buffalo Hint’s reward store on the $7,500 retail worth (first come, first served till they’re gone), with distribution extending to pick out retailers and Sazerac’s new direct-to-consumer platform, Legacy de Forge, powered by Blockbar.
What’s Weller 18 12 months Previous?
Weller 18 yr outdated represents the oldest age assertion the model has ever launched. It wasn’t matured within the ultra-modern Warehouse P, the place Eagle Uncommon 25 was aged, however in conventional rickhouses.
As for the 90-proof level, grasp distiller Harlen Wheatley and his staff consider every new launch throughout a number of proof factors, choosing what greatest serves the liquid’s character. “By this experimentation, we’ve landed at 90 proof for almost all of our Weller bourbons,” he explains. “It provides the fascinating stability between energy and approachability, highlighting the softness and sweetness of its wheated mashbill.”
That 90 proof certainly aligns with historic preferences for sipping whiskeys which can be full-bodied but easy. “Whereas higher-proof Weller expressions exist—akin to [114-proof] Weller Full Proof and Weller Vintage 107—the 90-proof bottling stays the traditional expression of the model,” Wheatley says. Buffalo Hint describes Weller 18 yr outdated as having a nostril of delicately aged fruits and tobacco, with a palate that delivers heat baking spices and crisp inexperienced pear.
Packaged in a 700ml handcrafted crystal decanter, Weller 18 carries a surprisingly cheap urged retail worth of $499. However for now, you will solely discover it in duty-free outlets at airports, together with Los Angeles Worldwide, JFK, and London Heathrow. There doubtless might be wider growth sooner or later, however it should all depend upon the way it does with whiskey followers.
