This whiskey draws its character entirely from the distillery's prized wheated mash profile, substituting standard rye grain variables for soft red winter wheat to construct an inherently rounder distillate molecule. The specific barrels chosen for this 2018 vatting run were distilled in the winter of 2006 and cellared inside carbon steel black iron fermenters at DSP-KY-113 in Frankfort, Kentucky. Double distilled through copper beer stills and doubler systems, it entries the oak at 114 proof before aging inside Independent Stave Level 4 charred cooperage runs under the long-standing management parameters of the Sazerac Company.

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What proof is the 2018 William Larue Weller?

The 2018 William Larue Weller is bottled at 125.7 proof (62.85% ABV), uncut and unfiltered, at barrel strength. It is a wheated bourbon aged 12 years, distilled in the winter of 2006. The proof reflects the barrels—each Antique Collection release of William Larue Weller carries its own strength.

What makes William Larue Weller different in the Antique Collection?

William Larue Weller is the wheated bourbon of the Antique Collection—wheat replaces rye as the secondary grain, the recipe associated with William Larue Weller, the 19th-century distiller who popularized wheated bourbon. It is bottled at barrel proof, uncut and unfiltered, which sets it apart from the proofed-down, chill-filtered Eagle Rare 17 and Sazerac 18 lines managed under the Sazerac portfolio.