The next expression in the Town Branch® Series is the Town Branch Wheated Bourbon Whiskey. This six-year-old wheated bourbon claims to deliver a softened and sweet bourbon by the inclusion of wheat in the mash bill. This expression was first distilled in 2017.
Let’s see how well the flavors coalesce, how the heat affects the experience and generally whether the profile just works. This review was done by myself and a combination of three other WBSE members. We felt that this gives the reader a broader view of the whiskey. We will be reviewing one more expression from Town Branch next week. So, stay tuned!
As you will see in the tasting notes, this is an excellent wheated bourbon!
Town Branch Wheated. Bourbon Whiskey
Class: Kentucky Straight Wheated Bourbon Whiskey
SRP: $49.99
Tasting Notes:
Nose: 90.5/100
Rich caramel and vanilla dominates.
Palate: 90.75/100
Nice soft mouthfeel with a pleasant sweetness. Followed by butterscotch and stone fruits and baking spices
Finish: 90.75/100
A long finish with notes of oak, stone fruits, butterscotch and baking spice
Overall: 90.6/100
Recommendation: Absolutely worth buying a bottle, or two, at this price point. Overall an excellent wheated bourbon!
About Lexington Brewing and Distilling Co. and Town Branch Distillery
(From the distillery) The first era of the Lexington Brewing Co. began in the 1890s and came to a halt during Prohibition, changing ownership several times in the decades that followed. By the time Pearse Lyons and his son, Mark, explored the brewery in 1999, it was a dilapidated shell of what it had once been. However, Pearse was a visionary and entrepreneur and saw only what it could be. Spurred by a passion for brewing and distilling that courses through the Lyons family lineage of Irish coopers, Pearse revived Lexington Brewing Co. and restored a craft beer tradition that dates back to the 1700s Pearse continued to dream big as he set his sights on distilling — a natural progression given his background in fermentation, his family’s heritage and Kentucky’s bourbon tradition. Two copper pot stills that were commissioned from Scotland arrived at Lexington Brewing Co. in 2008. As autumn began to settle in late September 2012, the ribbon was cut on Town Branch Distillery, located across from Lexington Brewing Co., and the doors opened on the first new distillery to be built in Lexington, Kentucky, in more than 100 years. Those gleaming copper pot stills now stand in celebration of timeless traditions and bold imaginations. Visit us here: About - Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co.
Bill Varnell is the Publisher of Whiskey Network® and is the curator of WBSE’s Rickhouse
