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As a fan of wheated bourbons I've tried so far, I'm looking to get a shopping list together. A quick scan of the forum didnt show a recent list, so pardon if this is duplicated. Here is what I have so far. Any other suggestions?

Larcency

Maker's Mark and MM46

Old Fitz

Oyo (new from Ohio)

Rebel Reserve/Rebel Yell

Weller

Van Winkle (here for completeness, doubt i will afford this line)

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Not bourbon, but HH also puts out Bernheim Wheat Whiskey. If that is your thing you may want to add it to your shopping list.

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FTR that OYO isn't really a wheated bourbon.

A bit of searching on OYO and it seems they have combined sourced KY bourbon with their own 100%wheat whiskey. Doesnt sound like the result is a real bourbon. Does this match your info?

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Finger Lakes Distilling Wheated and Smooth Ambler Yearling are both wheated bourbons.

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Not bourbon, but HH also puts out Bernheim Wheat Whiskey. If that is your thing you may want to add it to your shopping list.

I bought a bottle of Bernheim Wheat Whiskey recently, thinking the sweetness I like was coming from the wheat. Various SB'ers quickly corrected my notion. I found Bernheim's to be ok, but not at all like the wheated bourbons. I'll give it another try.

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Jefferson Presidential Select 17/18 of course.

Is/was Cabin Still a wheated bourbon?

I seem to recall some discussion about early Virginia Gentlemen being wheated but I may be "disremembering".

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Jefferson Presidential Select 17/18 of course.

Is/was Cabin Still a wheated bourbon?

I seem to recall some discussion about early Virginia Gentlemen being wheated but I may be "disremembering".

Cabin Still was a wheater when it was produced at S-W but I believe the current version is rye based.

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Prior to 1988 Virginia Gentleman used a rye recipe base whisky sourced from Heaven Hill, after the move to Fredricksburg in '88 they switched to a wheat recipe whisky sourced from Buffalo Trace. Now I believe they are using BT's low rye mashbill No. 1 but can't say for sure.

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I have always wondered why the government doesn't require distillers to call out wheat used in the mashbill, especially given all of the gluten allergy issues. I know that they aren't quite the same but they are very similar. Of course, many distillers seems to note that the bourbon is wheated on the bottle. However, not all do. I don't recall the Larceny bottle labeled as wheated.

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I have always wondered why the government doesn't require distillers to call out wheat used in the mashbill, especially given all of the gluten allergy issues. I know that they aren't quite the same but they are very similar. Of course, many distillers seems to note that the bourbon is wheated on the bottle. However, not all do. I don't recall the Larceny bottle labeled as wheated.

My understanding is that the distillation process eliminates the gluten issue so even those with allergies can drink grain based liquor. I could be wrong though.

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I have always wondered why the government doesn't require distillers to call out wheat used in the mashbill, especially given all of the gluten allergy issues. I know that they aren't quite the same but they are very similar. Of course, many distillers seems to note that the bourbon is wheated on the bottle. However, not all do. I don't recall the Larceny bottle labeled as wheated.
My understanding is that the distillation process eliminates the gluten issue so even those with allergies can drink grain based liquor. I could be wrong though.

And even if distillation didn't some researchers are starting to suspect it is an exaggerated phenomena: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23851-what-if-your-gluten-intolerance-is-all-in-your-head.html?full=true#.UeHBpFOhUeN

Wheat allergy .5 percent of the adult population http://www.acaai.org/allergist/allergies/Types/food-allergies/types/Pages/wheat-allergy.aspx

Celiac disease 1 percent http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=215079

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Given the improvement in HH wheaters recently, I wonder if Rebel Yell might see a corresponding bump in quality.

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Given the improvement in HH wheaters recently, I wonder if Rebel Yell might see a corresponding bump in quality.

Brian, totally agree on the improvement comment. One of the first bourbons I bought in my explorations was OF Prime and it was awful. Also had Rebel Reserve along the way and it was no better. But more recently Larceny is very enjoyable and the OF BIB seems to be enjoying a renaissance of favorable opinion on here. And obviously the wheat PHC is held in high regard.

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I actually do have Celiac(The lucky 1%), but I can assure you that there is no gluten in distillates.

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On the topic of wheaters I was at Willett over the weekend and the tour guide said Noah's Mill is a wheater. Can anyone confirm? For some reason I was skeptical. Anyway we were standing in the sun and I was too hot to ask any questions at the time. Heat makes my brain not work. Thoughts on this?

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Heat makes my brain not work. Thoughts on this?

Wrapping you head in a cold wet towel helps for about half an hour. A couple hours spent in an air conditioned bar can help too.

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On the topic of wheaters I was at Willett over the weekend and the tour guide said Noah's Mill is a wheater. Can anyone confirm? For some reason I was skeptical. Anyway we were standing in the sun and I was too hot to ask any questions at the time. Heat makes my brain not work. Thoughts on this?

I just had another pour from my first and lone bottle of Noah's Mill the other night, and while I wasn't paying attention for this question, I would be surprised if it is a wheater. Of course, any batch could be different than the next for all we know, but this seemed to have a good bit of rye kick to me.

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Wrapping you head in a cold wet towel helps for about half an hour. A couple hours spent in an air conditioned bar can help too.

Haha. Yeah. I should have worded that differently.

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While not officially a bourbon because they steep oak and apple wood in the white dog before barreling Kopper Kettle from Belmont Farms in Virginia is basically a wheated bourbon.

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