Pappy Van Winkle has a new little brother, and this one costs forty bucks. Barton 1792 just bottled its award-winning Sweet Wheat at full barrel-entry proof, 125 proof of wheated bourbon with no water added and no age statement to hide behind. The mashbill swaps rye for wheat, the same move that makes Pappy so soft and sweet, and Sazerac is the partial owner behind both, so the comparison is not a stretch. The distillery talks caramel, dried honey, ripe apricot and sweet oak on the nose, with a honeyed, full-bodied palate and a long caramelized finish, which puts it in good company with the 101-proof High West Bourye. It lands in 375mL bottles at $39.99, rolling out this November in California, Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois first. If you have ever wanted to know what the Pappy fuss is about without the $200 hunt, this is the closest forty dollars will get you.
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1792 Wheated Full Proof Is the $40 Bourbon That Drinks Like Pappy’s Little Brother
Barton 1792 bottled its Sweet Wheat at 125 proof for $39.99. A 375mL wheated bourbon rolling out in five states, and the closest thing to Pappy for forty bucks.
