Southern Star Paragon Cask Strength Wheated Straight Bourbon 750ml

Paragon is Southern Distilling Company's wheated cask strength bourbon, made in Statesville, North Carolina. Wheat stands in for rye as the secondary grain, which trades pepper for a softer, rounder sweetness, and bottling at full barrel strength puts that sweetness under pressure instead of thinning it out. Vanilla, honey and gentle baking spice on the nose, then caramel, baked apple and toasted bread across a thick palate, with a long finish that leans sweet rather than dry. Wheated bourbon at this strength is unusually approachable for the proof. Pour it neat with a few drops of water, or build the softest old fashioned on your shelf.

BourbonMash bill: Wheated (wheat as the secondary grain) · New charred American oak · North Carolina