Of all the corners of the bourbon world, I must confess that wheated bourbon is probably the segment I touch base with least often. Part of that is generally being a guy who prefers the spicy profile of rye in his bourbon to the often sweeter or more syrupy profile of wheated drams, but another aspect is simply the fact that wheated bourbons are significantly less common overall. Many distilleries, in fact, don’t produce a wheated bourbon at all, leaving the major brands to only a handful of producers. And of course, other consumers happily down handles of Maker’s Mark, completely unaware that they’re drinking a wheated bourbon in the first place. But every once in a while, I do find myself in the mood for a rich, satisfying wheated bourbon dram. One distillery that focuses more intently on wheated whiskey than most is Kentucky’s Heaven Hill, which produces not one but two wheated bourbons—Larceny and Old Fitzgerald—in addition to a straight-up wheat whiskey in the form of Bernheim. All three of those brands are now well-established, but that hasn’t stopped the distillery from tinkering with their releases, developing new twists on each. Hitting the shelves in the near future, we have two new Heaven Hill wheaters: An older, 15-year version of the premiumized Old Fitzgerald that has become popular in the last few years, and a brand-new barrel-proof expression of Larceny. We’ve got samples of both, so let’s dive straight in to the tasting. #alkobaron #alcobaronofficial #oldfitzgerald #bourbon #whiskey https://www.instagram.com/p/B6TH6hUHY8k/?igshid=1s5yib6jbuzuk
