Weller Special Reserve 1L

W.L. Weller Special Reserve puts Buffalo Trace's wheated bourbon recipe — the same family tree hunters climb toward Pappy — on the shelf in its friendliest form. Wheat replaces rye as the secondary grain, so the 90-proof pour drinks soft: caramel sweetness up front, honey and butterscotch across the mid-palate, and a smooth honeysuckle finish with no bite to apologize for. William Larue Weller pioneered the wheated style in the nineteenth century, and this green-label liter bottling carries the torch at an everyday price. Special Reserve still moves quickly when it hits shelves. Reach for it as a daily sipper, a soft old fashioned base, or a gentle on-ramp for someone new to bourbon.

How to drink Weller Special Reserve

This is the bottle to reach for on a weeknight — pour it neat or with a splash of water and let the honeysuckle and butterscotch carry the glass without needing anything fancy. It also makes an easy, wallet-friendly Old Fashioned when you don't want to open something rarer.

Bourbon90 proof · Mash bill: Buffalo Trace wheated mash bill (wheat as secondary grain) · New charred American oak · Kentucky