William Larue Weller is made from Buffalo Trace's wheated mash bill, where wheat replaces rye as the secondary grain alongside corn and malted barley. The 2017 release was distilled in the winter of 2005 and aged 12 years across Warehouses D, I, and P, from a batch of 155 barrels, before bottling uncut and unfiltered at 128.2 proof. The wheated recipe is the same one behind the Weller and Pappy Van Winkle lines.

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How many barrels went into the 2017 William Larue Weller?

The 2017 William Larue Weller came from 155 barrels, distilled in the winter of 2005 and aged about 12 years in Warehouses D, I, and P. It is bottled uncut and unfiltered at 128.2 proof (64.1% ABV), the wheated bourbon of the collection. Buffalo Trace published per-release barrel counts through 2018.

Is the 2017 William Larue Weller related to Pappy Van Winkle?

Yes, indirectly: both use a wheated mash bill, with wheat in place of rye as the secondary grain. William Larue Weller is the barrel-strength wheated bourbon of the Antique Collection; the 2017 release was distilled in winter 2005, aged 12 years in Warehouses D, I, and P, and bottled at 128.2 proof. Pappy Van Winkle uses the same recipe family.