Recommendations for a high corn straight bourbon?

[Dan Bollinger]

I like high corn bourbons and I could use some suggestions to try. My favorite daily pour, W. H. Harrison SB, hasn't been on the shelves for almost three months. Harrison got their stock from LDI, and the new MGP mashbills don't include a high corn bourbon.

Speaking of W.H. Harrison, does anyone know if their mashbill was the LDI Lower Rye Bourbon (75/21/4) or their Corn Bourbon (99/0/1)?

Dan in Indiana

[Richnimrod]

I think?, Maybe?, Wathen's???

[Richnimrod]

...And, by extension the 'Medley' offerings... 12-year, as well as BIB.

[squire]

Well for Bourbon, Old Charter, but if corn's what you want why not get the real thing, Mellow Corn BIB from Heaven Hill.

[wadewood]

Old Charter is what you want.

[oke&coke]

Agree on the OC. The 101 is the only one I have had but the flavor is more grain then barrel influenced in the flavor profile. It's good for the price.

[T Comp]

Old Charter is what you want.

Another vote for Old Charter. It's also our cooking bourbon because of its corn sweetness.

[mbroo5880i]

I was thinking OC as well. OC101 is fairly common. OC10 is a little more difficult to find. If you are in the Indy area, PM me and I can point you toward some.

The Whiskey Tree on this website is a good place to look for options.

http://www.straightbourbon.com/forums/showthread.php?15005-Whiskey-Tree/page19

[Brisko]

Not bourbon but Dickel is high corn and tasty.

[tanstaafl2]

I like high corn bourbons and I could use some suggestions to try. My favorite daily pour, W. H. Harrison SB, hasn't been on the shelves for almost three months. Harrison got their stock from LDI, and the new MGP mashbills don't include a high corn bourbon.

Speaking of W.H. Harrison, does anyone know if their mashbill was the LDI Lower Rye Bourbon (75/21/4) or their Corn Bourbon (99/0/1)?

Dan in Indiana

To my knowledge MGP is still making the LDI mashbill of 81/15/4 which is probably a pretty standard low rye mashbill. No idea what WH Harrison used or if any other brand is bottling this but I am pretty sure this is still one of the mashbill options. Whether MGP has any of this with some decent age on it in stock is another question.

http://www.mgpingredients.com/product-list/Corn-Whiskey-15-Rye.html

[bingstein]

The bottle of BMH NAS I had seemed really high in corn.

[wadewood]

The bottle of BMH NAS I had seemed really high in corn.

This week.............

[squire]

Of course the 81% bill is for their corn whisky even though it contains some rye (no law says it can't) but of the MGP Bourbons that would be old enough to sell the choice is between these:

No.1 . . . Corn 75%, Rye 21%, malted barley 4%, and

No.2 . . . Corn 60%, Rye 36%, malted barley 4%.

Being labeled Bourbon rather than corn the Harrison version would be one of these two. The Harrison web page specifically mentions a 'high rye' recipe which would be number two.

Edited December 22, 2013 by squire

[devillighter]

If you can track down some dusty IW Harper (should be fairly inexpensive), that would do the trick as well.

[squire]

When Dan started this thread he mentioned liking the Harrison Bourbon and it occurs to me that is bottled at a little over two years of age, certainly less than four, (says so in the fine print), so maybe the flavor he's enjoying isn't due to the mash bill, rather the whisky is too young to cover up the grain flavor.

[Dan Bollinger]

Thanks everyone for your input. I’ll certainly try the OldCharter 101. Any others I should check out?

I like Wathens, but it is a wheater, and a little soft forme.

Just so you know, I have no interest in corn whiskey; I’mdefinitely a Bourbon guy.

I had already looked at the Whiskey Tree, and it shows somehigh corn products, but that’s a list, not a recommendation, and I was hopingto pick some brains from the group to narrow down my search. I can afford tobuy any bourbon I want, but not all of them at once!

The W.H. Harrison Indiana Straight Bourbon is high corn. Ican taste some rye in it, so I know its not all corn. So it must be MGP No.1, Corn 75%, Rye 21%, malted barley 4%. FYI: It is the Governor’s Reserve that’s a highrye. I have some, but not my favorite.

One of the things I like about the Harrison product is thatit is so drinkable. It is light, crisp, and accessible. Squire might be right; itmight be its young age and corn sweetness that I like.

Another sip I like is the New York Baby Bourbon; it is 100%corn, but not yet imported into the great state of Hoosierland.

[squire]

That makes sense Dan, of course the primary difference between corn and Bourbon is aging in new oak casks which impart flavors you can't get otherwise

[tanstaafl2]

Of course the 81% bill is for their corn whisky even though it contains some rye (no law says it can't) but of the MGP Bourbons that would be old enough to sell the choice is between these:

No.1 . . . Corn 75%, Rye 21%, malted barley 4%, and

No.2 . . . Corn 60%, Rye 36%, malted barley 4%.

Being labeled Bourbon rather than corn the Harrison version would be one of these two. The Harrison web page specifically mentions a 'high rye' recipe which would be number two.

Makes sense. Presuming the website can be trusted!

But if they put the 81% corn whiskey mashbill in new charred barrels, meeting all they limits for distillation and barrel entry proof, wouldn't it be bourbon? Stranger things have happened at big distilleries and this is a mashbill they have had for awhile.

Doesn't mean they have, just that they could!

[wmpevans]

You might give FR Barrel Proof with an "E" recipe. I believe that is 70-75% corn in the mashbill, and very tasty. Will run about $50. The OESO and OESV are favorites of mine.

[Guest]

My experience with the charter101 was not good, much preffered the 10yr, probably the 8 over the 10 as well. The 101 to me is a mixer.

[squire]

But if they put the 81% corn whiskey mashbill in new charred barrels, meeting all they limits for distillation and barrel entry proof, wouldn't it be bourbon?

[393foureyedfox]

My experience with the charter101 was not good, much preffered the 10yr, probably the 8 over the 10 as well. The 101 to me is a mixer.

[squire]

So high in corn that if you aged Dickel in used barrels it would in fact be corn whisky. No point in doing it but it could be done.

[Guest]

My experience almost exactly 393, thought it was good at first but by the end of the bottle I had changed my mind. One thing I should remember is that I paid multiple times what you guys get it for, so for an affordable whiskey its not bad.

Had no idea about the GD12, will have a pour tonight vs a rye and see what happens!

[oknazevad]

So high in corn that if you aged Dickel in used barrels it would in fact be corn whisky. No point in doing it but it could be done.

So high, that they can even jump on the white whiskey bandwagon and sell it completely imaged as "white corn whiskey", which they just announced they would do.

Edited December 23, 2013 by oknazevad