I’d like to thank Heaven Hill for providing this sample with no strings attached.
Friends, I am on vacation. If everything is going well, I’m in northern California, possibly in the RV I rented, enjoying either a glass of wine, a bit of bourbon, or maybe—just maybe—a little bit of the devil’s lettuce. Hard to tell what I’ll be in the mood for by that point. Because, as you might have guessed, I am writing to you from the deep past…oooohhhh…I’m a spooky ghost…
Or something like that.
So, we’ve covered the other two variations of this release. Heaven Hill was nice enough to send over the Rye initially, then I bought the Bourbon (and another bottle of the Rye). Now they were kind enough to send me the final of the three. This one is a wheated bourbon. Since we’ve already talked about this series twice before, I’ll just skip to what the press release says:
The 2025 edition features a mashbill with a higher secondary grain content than Heaven Hill's traditional Wheated Bourbon mashbill: 35% wheat, 52% corn, and 13% malted barley. The selected corn varietal—Beck's 6225, along with the mashbill's wheat component are grown by family-owned Peterson Farms on one of two sites in Nelson County, reflects the distillery's dedication to sourcing local, carefully chosen grain. Aged over six years at Heaven Hill's Cox's Creek rickhouse site, the whiskey is non-chill filtered and bottled at barrel proof, 106.6 proof (53.3% ABV).
Ok. Let’s see how it tastes:
Heaven Hill Grain To Glass 2025: Wheated Bourbon Whiskey, 2nd Edition
Purchase Info: This sample was provided by the producer at no cost for review purposes. The suggested retail price is $99.99 for a 700 mL bottle.
Price per Drink (50 ml): $7.14
Details: Mash bill: 35% wheat, 52% corn, and 13% malted barley. Corn varietal: Beck's 6225. Bottled at 53.3% ABV. Distilled in 2018. Six years old.
Nose: Cinnamon candy, floral vanilla, caramel, and oak.
Mouth: Nutty with notes of cinnamon spice, caramel, vanilla, and oak.
Finish: Warm and medium to long with lingering notes of nutty chocolate, oak, and baking spices.
Thoughts: This is just as delicious as the other two. It’s warm and spicy with a terrific nutty note throughout. I’m a big fan. That said, if I were buying and had to choose between this and the “ryed” bourbon, I’d go for the ryed bourbon—I prefer the spicier flavor over the nuttiness of the wheat. Out of the three, the rye whiskey was my favorite. But they’re all delicious, and this one is no exception.
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