Rank the wheated bourbons.

[fog]

Please rank the wheated bourbons currently being produced from your favorite to least favorite.

[jbaker]

A good topic. I wish I knew more readily which were which. I was going to propose a forum to delineate which current recipes fall into which category. Maybe I should start that? Or is there something already out there?

[jwrussell]

Well, it's easy for me as I have very little experience with the Wheaters.

William Larue Weller 2007 (BTAC)
Lot B
Makers Mark

[OscarV]

Let's start by listing all the wheaters first, I'll start with what I know.
* = no longer available

William Larue Weller 2005 BTAC *
William Larue Weller 2006 BTAC *
William Larue Weller 2007 BTAC
W L Weller 12 yo
W L Weller Special Reserve
W L Weller Centennial
Old Weller Antique
Old Rip Van Winkle 15yo 107 *
Old Rip Van Winkle 10yo 107
Old Rip Van Winkle 10yo 90
Pappy Van Winkle 23yo
Pappy Van Winkle 20yo
Pappy Van Winkle 15yo
Van Winkle Special Reserve Lot "B"
Very Special Old Fitzgerald 12yo
Old Fitzgerald 1849
Old Fitzgerald Bottled In Bond
Maker's Mark
Virginia Gentleman
Rebel Yell

Some one help me out, are the last two wheater's?

[NickAtMartinis]

Some one help me out, are the last two wheater's?

I'm not sure but you've drunk mucho wheated bourbon.



Edit:

Let's start by listing all the wheaters first, I'll start with what I know.

Nevermind Oscar, I'm stupid.

[spun_cookie]

Pappy Van Winkle 23yo (B version)
William Larue Weller 2005 BTAC
Pappy Van Winkle 23yo (A Version)
William Larue Weller 2006 BTAC
Pappy Van Winkle 20yo
W L Weller Centennial
William Larue Weller 2007 BTAC
W L Weller Special Reserve
Van Winkle Special Reserve Lot "B"
Pappy Van Winkle 15yo
Old Weller Antique
Old Rip Van Winkle 15yo 107
Old Rip Van Winkle 10yo 107
Old Rip Van Winkle 10yo 90
Very Special Old Fitzgerald 12yo
Maker's Mark


Others I cannot recall... I'll add later... (thanks for the List Oscar)

[TomH]

My order of preference

ORVW 15/107
Pappy 15
WLW BTAC 2006
WLW BTAC 2005/2007
Pappy 20
Weller 12 (Everett's)
Pappy 23
Van Winkle Lot B
Weller Centenial
Weller 12
ORVW 10

Tom

[gothbat]

PVW23 (SB barrel 2)
PVW20
'06 WLW
VOF*
W.L. Weller Centennial
OF: BIB*
VWSR12 (current)
W.L. Weller Antique 107
ORVW10 107 (current)
PVW15 (current)
MM
ORVW10 90 (current)
'07 WLW
W.L. Weller Special Reserve


I'm quite sure I tried a few more than what I listed but I can't remember them all. Since wheat is my favorite kind of bourbon I'll say that the ones at the bottom of my list aren't as bad as their position would imply. Where I ranking all of the bourbon I tried I think that most of these would be in the top 50%.

Isn't there a W.L. Weller 19 from the BTAC's of years past?

[StraightBoston]

Don't forget some of Julian's variations (all out of print):

Old Commonwealth *
Delilah's 10yo *
Twisted Spoke *

For the MO tasters:

David Nicholson 1843

For overseas:

Maker's Mark 95pf (black wax) *
Maker's Mark 101pf (gold wax) *
I.W. Harper President's Reserve *

And I think Oscar missed:

Old Fitzgerald Prime 86pf *
Old Fitzgerald Prime 80pf

(I'll post my ranking when I get back home to my tasting notes...)

[LarryG]

Virginia Gentleman
Rebel Yell

Some one help me out, are the last two wheater's?

Don't know about Virginia Gentleman, but Rebel Yell is. I distinctly remember reading that here on SB.com shortly after passing over some RY in a store, not realizing it was a wheater.

An interesting and enlightening thread, for those of us who are still in the early stages of our journey through the wide world of bourbon ...

Larry