Just picked up a 12 the other day. It’s a good trader. Full proof is the only one I really care for. Advice for newbie’s try before you buy or you’ll end up with a bunch of stuff you don’t care for.
I personally like Weller 12 a lot. But I also really like the full proof as well. Not a big fan of CYPB or single barrel. And definitely don't care for special reserve. But we all have different tastes and it's all good. Bourbon is just a fun thing, and a good sip of any bourbon is always great.
I love how Trenton says this tastes like the stairs going down to a basement, and Kurt just keeps rolling with his tasting notes like that is just a regular old thing to pick up in a bourbon.
My father ran two of the largest retail liquor chains in Corpus Christi and Fort Worth Texas over a 50 year period beginning in 1950. WL Weller was the best selling bourbon in Fort Worth. It was reasonably priced and readily available as was Weller 107. The liquor business has changed a lot. Distillers and owners like Sazerac limit production and supply to drive prices up.
How do the distilleries benefit from scarcity if they're still coming from distributors at the same price? It's not like Buffalo trace sees any profits that scalpers make on Weller or pappy or eh taylor. If a $50-100 bottle is flying off of shelves you'd want to keep it stocked and make it accessible to more people so you sell more. Seems to me like this is just after effects of covid limiting production and not expecting the bourbon boom. After all, whisky production is limited by time. They can't just fire up another production line or start working overtime when demand rises. It's going to take years to recover from a massive increase in demand.
@@Futureguitarist15it’s much more expensive to make weller than Fireball. Broadly, sazerac requires stores/distributors to sell some quantity of the cheap stuff with ultra high margin to gain the right to purchase those weller/whiskey bottles. This is how they can increase net margin via products like rain, fireball, Wheatley, etc. and simultaneously have a net decrease in production cost across the product portfolio. This is why total wine gets way more pappy than anyone else, for example.
Kurt you don't have to explain or apologize that your palette is different etc.... you do it too much and too often. If some don't agree with you they'll usually say something anyway. I love what you guys do. Keep it going.
Happy birthday Trenton! I own the SR, Antique 107, and 12 and enjoy them all. Last January I was at Neat whiskey bar in Buffalo, NY and did a flight of Old Rip 10, Lot B, CYPB, and the 12 year. My order of preference was Lot B, CYPB, Old Rip, and 12. When I enjoy the 12 most is when I don't drink it with the others in one sitting. In context with the others it is really "woody" but by itself I enjoy it. Same with Woodford Double Oak.
I have never seen a special reserve or antique 107 in a store near me. The full proof and 12 year are always around between $200 and $300. Last week I walked into a store that had Single barrel, CYPB and EH Taylor barrel proof for $300 each. Lot of money but I thought I'd never see them again so bought all three. Next day went in a store that had them for $200 each. So now I have two of each but the average cost is now $250 before tax. This is NJ where the Sopranos had nothing on liquor store owners. Happy birthday Kurt.
I really like hearing about different parts of the country and what is and isn't available. Here in Alberta our shelves are full of special reserve, $40 CAD, which is like $27 USD. But I have never seen a single other of the wellers here ever, and pretty well have lost hope to try them.
Wow what a great price! Weller Special Reserve is usually $50 USD at the very cheapest, but typically $70 to $80 USD here in California. Full Proof is $200 at most places here.
Happy Bday Trenton! They should consolidate this 6 bottle lineup into 3 bottles, so people might have a better chance to snag them. I’ve tasted or owned most of these, IMO, they’re not any better than Maker’s Mark 46 cask strength, which I actually prefer over Weller Antique 107
I like the Makers Cask Strength as a replacement for 107. Makers tends to be a bit more dependent on the batch as some are much better than others. The worst store pick I ever had was of the 107 though.
I had Maker's Cask Strength and was excited. Then, it tasted so bitter I almost gagged. Called Maker's and apparently the pond water (they use a pond apparently) on that lot was off. The number should have ideally been "under 2". Anything "above 5" they couldn't bottle. The guy asked me for a ton of numbers off the bottle on the bottom, then the front and then said, "9.3, so wow, please let us send you coupons for another bottle, a hat, a shirt, etc" haha. Very nice people. The problem is, it was like if you puked off a certain drink and can't touch it again. It killed me for Maker's. Ugh.
OKAY I finally figured it out! I could never figure out how you and Trent could be tasting all the different flavors when your bourbon level in the glass didn't hardly move?? I would taste bourbons and almost never get definitive different flavors! So I tried taking baby sips like you and Trent trying to make it last as long as possible, WHAT A DIFFERENCE I actually started tasting different flavors not sure what they all are yet but butterscotch, maple syrup, orange and coffee seem to be big I HAVE NOT tasted fruity pebbles yet! the size of the sip made all the difference!
I just picked up the antique ($115) and special reserve ($75). I have high hopes. I had to buy them on line. No chance of ever finding these bottles on Maui…Aloha🌴
@@clayspence4160 Tamura’s is temporarily closed in Lahaina. I’m not sure if it burned down with the rest of the town. Tamura’s is the best place to find bourbon on the islands.
Now I want pancakes for breakfast! Happy birthday, Trenton. I’ve heard the newer bottles of CYPB are better than the older ones. I have one from 2023 I’m going to open this weekend. Really looking forward to that now! Great video as always, gents.
Great video! I love the 12. Don’t care for the Special Reserve. Love the Full Proof. SB is good but not worth the high asking prices. Just got a CYPB for 95. Looking forward to giving it a shot!
So far ive tried antique and 12 yr and just didnt care for the 12 yr either. It was super oaky and not in a good way. Like you guys said, almost like treated lumber. I wouldnt be upset if someone poured it for me and id maybe snag a bottle at msrp because i do get in the mood for an oaky bourbon every now and then but I'm certainly not going to hunt or pay hundreds for it. Antique 107 was much more fitting for my pallet and its easily my favorite smelling whisky. Smells like a fresh buttered cherry cheese danish to me.
That is a dream line up! All that weller! I have 107 and sr...didn't like the 107 at first but now very much do. I hope to find bottles of full proof and the alphabet bottle. Thanks for the review!
I have the 12 and have never really cared for it but it is the one everyone always wants to try. Picked up a few SR last week just stumbling on them sitting on the shelf. Decent but not worth hunting. The 107 is my fav that I have tried so far but never owned one.
SLB Classics 0:38 Kurt’s angelic singing voice 1:19 Trenton always breaking things 2:17 Trenton is so confused with the new lettering order 2:27 1|0 👃 Trenton 2/28 Trenton sticky note to the rescue 2:33 Kurt making jokes 4:01 Not even non-chill filtered 4:11 2|0 👃 Trenton 5:17 3|0 👃 Trenton 5:24 Trenton with the puns 6:32 Trenton gets a 2x4 note 😂 6:51 4|0 👃 Trenton 8:23 Mom denies trying some bourbons 8:29 5|0 👃 Trenton 8:33 Kurt tries to get brownie points but it was 20 yrs ago 10:32 5|1 👃 Trenton 🎉🎉 10:35 Hot pocket nosing notes 😂😂 15:42 nosing or smelling ?? 16:05 Trenton accidentally spills the beans from the past 18:30 Trenton is now tasting rocks 19:18 The boys have slightly different lineups 21:31 Trenton needs to adjust the bottles 22:21 Trenton has some connections 22:47 Shooketh are the boys 24:00 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRENTON!!!!!🎉🎉🎉 25:44 Kurt is prepared for his blind 26:37 nice nod to finish
I look forward to a time when the prices of these come back to Earth... I stood in line at a Bourbon drop, paid $90 for a Weller 12 (best option available when I got to the front) and was completely underwhelmed. I'd rather find store picks of other products than chase these hype bottles. Great show again!
No bourbon is worth standing in line for, paying secondary, or paying gouged prices for. There's so many good options that are readily available on the shelf at every price point. After months of looking for Buffalo Trace and finding it at a retail $26... it was nice pour, no doubt. But I preferred my Old Forester 86 which waits there on the shelf for me every time, and certainly didn't hold a candle to OF 1910 which I frequently saw Buffalo Trace the same price as.
@@Guy_GuyGuy Got a Buffalo Trace and found it just worse than the Wild Turkey 101 that I always have on my shelf. I mean, it was fine, but it was mild flavor and kind of watery imo.
@@Mrbigdaddymanamale WT101 is best compared to the bottled in bond whiskies, for me Buffalo Trace is the best of the entry level brands a notch below like Jim Beam, regular Jack, Early Times Black, nothing above this category. That's all that it's made as.
@@ChristopherNeeme Perhaps its fair to grade based on proof. However, I can get wt101 for 23.00 or old forester 86 for 18.00 and the buffalo trace is 35.00. The value just isn't there imo.
Outstanding as always guys! So awesome to all of these Weller's in a blind. I can only find the Special Reserve around me and it didn't impress me for the cost. Thank you and keep up the great work. And HBD to Trenton!
I suspect that on these blind test it may not be truly accurate. It seems to me that your palate will be affected rather quickly. I say that because on the 9-29 live episode that had E.T. B&B beating out W.T. RB. I did a comparison myself as I have both. Disclaimer: “ I realize that taste is subjective” And even though Early Times B&B is really good, it was not on the level of the rare breed. I will be picking up the Weller 107 Saturday, so will be good to compare the three. Want to say thank you to Kurt and Trenton and the SLB team for the fantastic content you post. Your content has turned me on to unbelievably wonderful bourbons I may not of ever tried.
I read the title super quick and thought you BLENDED them all. I was coming to these comments to smite this blasphemy. Luckily, I was mistaken. Fantastic content.
So far the only Weller I have is the Special Reserve and it’s probably my favorite out of everything I have at the moment. I’ve been wanting to get my hands on some others. Kurt you definitely have to try syrup on breakfast sausage, so good. Also something that you’d probably never think to try but it’s oddly delicious, open face biscuit topped with hash browns over easy egg bacon and covered with white gravy.
I've tried all of those. For sure the CYPB and the Single Barrels are different than the ones I've tried but I always go back to the OWA 107. Although the 12 is pretty fantastic too.
Compared to other blinds they have done with assorted brands, none of these initial tastings seemed to generate any "WOW!" factor from Kurt or Trenton. Is Weller extremely overrated (and over-priced and over-hyped)? Their remarks for this blind would seem to imply this.
Only have the SR and have not opened it I gave one to my son in law and he said it is okay. I’m going to give the few bottles I have away to friends. I’m really not a low proof guy. And I have BT if I feel like having something low proof. And Happy Bday to you young man 🎊🎉🥃🥃
Normally, I find Trenton's food choices to not be appetizing. However, Kurt, Trenton is spot on with breakfast sausage or Bacon dipped in the maple syrup.
CYPB never fairs well on message boards and I think it’s because it’s not readily available and people love to dump on unicorns. It’s hands down my favorite of the Weller lineup. By FAR the most well rounded palate of the group to me and it has a nice finish too. I haven’t done a blind but just going off my experiences I’d say I’m at: 1. CYPB 2. WFP 3. OWA 4. W12 5. SR 16. Single Barrel … yes, 16th place. I had a store pick SR that obliterated the Single Barrel. The only appeal is finishing your rainbow.
I'm happy to pay MSRP to try these. No way in hell I'd ever plonk down over 700 bucks for a bourbon. The secondary market + allocation is absurd in every way.
The Bourbon bubble is going to bust soon, there are too many craft and smaller breweries making good pours and their just starting to show up in numbers and in a few years it will be everywhere. I'm content with my rule of thumb I won't spend more than $80, and I'll get a pour of better neats once in a while, I live in Missouri so...I make a couple pretty good mash bills myself.
Just wanted to throw a little advice to you guys. I like you guys a lot! But throw a sip of water in between sips to cleanse the palette it makes a difference
A lot of good videos. I would seeing not as many blind best can be long. Like seeing a little more different bourbons. Showing more best bourbons again under 40.00. Infinity bottles was great to learn made 4 an they are so good
I’m having a hard time following the hatred for W12. It’s a great sip, not for secondary prices, but if you find it close to MSRP it’s an auto buy for me. And thanks for confirming my suspicions about SiB being a slightly higher proof version of the green label. Not worth the chase or pricing by any means
Taste is subjective, no doubt. But there are HUGE differences between Weller vintages. It would be interesting to know what year each of the whiskies in this video are from. First W12 I had was a 2017, and I was incredibly disappointed. Have had many bottles of WSR that hit harder. Recently got to try the 2023 and 2024 W12s and wow - right up there with Lot B IMO (never had Stitzel-Weller juice though). I would agree with what many have said about WFP.. It's my favorite of the lineup. The 2019 WFP is phenomenal, no doubt. But other batches of WFP (2022) have failed to meet the same mark for me. It seems higher proof bourbons generally have more intensity and are some of the best I've tried. But there are plenty of 90-100 proof bourbons that are also amazing.
Please put a legend graphic in the top left of the video so the viewers do not have to remember what letter goes to which bourbon. This would have made your commentary about the sample more easily tie to the Weller you were tasting.
I have only tried weller green and red. Wouldn’t buy unless I can find at msrp and I didn’t have a bottle. That said a local store has a store pic of seller fp hitting in December. Hope I can get one.
Just picked up a 12 the other day. It’s a good trader. Full proof is the only one I really care for. Advice for newbie’s try before you buy or you’ll end up with a bunch of stuff you don’t care for.
My favorite is 107
Same. The Full Proof is awesome.
I actually like the 12 a decent amount. But full proof is in my top 5 or maybe 3 bourbons
Shhhh, let the taters go for them all and then tell us how special each one is. lol
@@muriloninjaI'm you're tater 😂...Doc Holliday
I personally like Weller 12 a lot. But I also really like the full proof as well. Not a big fan of CYPB or single barrel. And definitely don't care for special reserve. But we all have different tastes and it's all good. Bourbon is just a fun thing, and a good sip of any bourbon is always great.
Every blind I've done WFP always wins for me. Just so much flavor. Appreciate the show gentleman #cheers 🥃🥃
I love how Trenton says this tastes like the stairs going down to a basement, and Kurt just keeps rolling with his tasting notes like that is just a regular old thing to pick up in a bourbon.
Six Bourbons, and the one thing that stands out to me is that for some reason Kurt doesn't like sausage dipped in syrup.
FYI: If you want all of these Wellers all located in one place, Vegas airport has them all…..for Vegas airport prices too 😂
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My father ran two of the largest retail liquor chains in Corpus Christi and Fort Worth Texas over a 50 year period beginning in 1950. WL Weller was the best selling bourbon in Fort Worth. It was reasonably priced and readily available as was Weller 107. The liquor business has changed a lot. Distillers and owners like Sazerac limit production and supply to drive prices up.
How do the distilleries benefit from scarcity if they're still coming from distributors at the same price? It's not like Buffalo trace sees any profits that scalpers make on Weller or pappy or eh taylor. If a $50-100 bottle is flying off of shelves you'd want to keep it stocked and make it accessible to more people so you sell more. Seems to me like this is just after effects of covid limiting production and not expecting the bourbon boom. After all, whisky production is limited by time. They can't just fire up another production line or start working overtime when demand rises. It's going to take years to recover from a massive increase in demand.
@@Futureguitarist15it’s much more expensive to make weller than Fireball. Broadly, sazerac requires stores/distributors to sell some quantity of the cheap stuff with ultra high margin to gain the right to purchase those weller/whiskey bottles. This is how they can increase net margin via products like rain, fireball, Wheatley, etc. and simultaneously have a net decrease in production cost across the product portfolio. This is why total wine gets way more pappy than anyone else, for example.
Kurt you don't have to explain or apologize that your palette is different etc.... you do it too much and too often. If some don't agree with you they'll usually say something anyway. I love what you guys do. Keep it going.
I live in PA Weller is allocated for raffle only, I got a bottle of full proof in the spring lottery for $44 plus shipping
Go to OH - there is the land of Weller. Plenty of SR and 107 to be found there.
@@theogeo14 in OK the antique & reserve are available by the case roght next to the BT
I've been waiting for this blind lineup for a long time. 👍👍👍
Great video boys! Love the line up….Happy Birthday Trenton!!! Cheers to 27 years…
Happy birthday Trenton! I own the SR, Antique 107, and 12 and enjoy them all. Last January I was at Neat whiskey bar in Buffalo, NY and did a flight of Old Rip 10, Lot B, CYPB, and the 12 year. My order of preference was Lot B, CYPB, Old Rip, and 12. When I enjoy the 12 most is when I don't drink it with the others in one sitting. In context with the others it is really "woody" but by itself I enjoy it. Same with Woodford Double Oak.
Lol I grew up down the street from Neat. My family owned the liquor store down the street, wild horse, at north French and transit. Neat's a nice bar
“That tastes like the stairs down to the basement” will now be my new slogan for Weller 12
@Rebecca I needed that little "there's still hope" speech. My 11 year old son seems like there's little hope right now! 😭😭
As always love the content and how the two of you interact with each other😂 Well done!!
I have never seen a special reserve or antique 107 in a store near me. The full proof and 12 year are always around between $200 and $300. Last week I walked into a store that had Single barrel, CYPB and EH Taylor barrel proof for $300 each. Lot of money but I thought I'd never see them again so bought all three. Next day went in a store that had them for $200 each. So now I have two of each but the average cost is now $250 before tax. This is NJ where the Sopranos had nothing on liquor store owners. Happy birthday Kurt.
Can sell one of each and get the others basically paid for lol
Antique 107 is my all time favorite bourbon. It’s just a REALLY special bottle.
Hands down is the best of the entire lineup! CYPB and SB don't even need to exist, it's marketing hype for taters!
I really like hearing about different parts of the country and what is and isn't available. Here in Alberta our shelves are full of special reserve, $40 CAD, which is like $27 USD. But I have never seen a single other of the wellers here ever, and pretty well have lost hope to try them.
Wow what a great price! Weller Special Reserve is usually $50 USD at the very cheapest, but typically $70 to $80 USD here in California.
Full Proof is $200 at most places here.
Kurt: Remember when I sent you those flowers?
Rebecca (without missing a beat): That was 20 years ago.
😂😂😂
Rebecca is my spirit twin!
20 years or not, Rebecca did remember. Once again, Kurt proves his male-ness! Thanks buddy!! 😂
Absolutely u dip sausage in syrup. And im with Trenton on this one the sausage pancake on a stick are fantastic
Happy Bday Trenton!
They should consolidate this 6 bottle lineup into 3 bottles, so people might have a better chance to snag them. I’ve tasted or owned most of these, IMO, they’re not any better than Maker’s Mark 46 cask strength, which I actually prefer over Weller Antique 107
I definitely agree here sir. The WFP is the only one I would say I gotta have.
I like the Makers Cask Strength as a replacement for 107. Makers tends to be a bit more dependent on the batch as some are much better than others. The worst store pick I ever had was of the 107 though.
I find makers better as the proof goes up - cheers !
I had Maker's Cask Strength and was excited. Then, it tasted so bitter I almost gagged. Called Maker's and apparently the pond water (they use a pond apparently) on that lot was off. The number should have ideally been "under 2". Anything "above 5" they couldn't bottle. The guy asked me for a ton of numbers off the bottle on the bottom, then the front and then said, "9.3, so wow, please let us send you coupons for another bottle, a hat, a shirt, etc" haha. Very nice people. The problem is, it was like if you puked off a certain drink and can't touch it again. It killed me for Maker's. Ugh.
OKAY I finally figured it out! I could never figure out how you and Trent could be tasting all the different flavors when your bourbon level in the glass didn't hardly move?? I would taste bourbons and almost never get definitive different flavors! So I tried taking baby sips like you and Trent trying to make it last as long as possible, WHAT A DIFFERENCE I actually started tasting different flavors not sure what they all are yet but butterscotch, maple syrup, orange and coffee seem to be big I HAVE NOT tasted fruity pebbles yet! the size of the sip made all the difference!
I just picked up the antique ($115) and special reserve ($75). I have high hopes. I had to buy them on line. No chance of ever finding these bottles on Maui…Aloha🌴
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You never know. Last year I grabbed a Blanton for retail at Temura’s Fine Wine in Lahaina.
@@clayspence4160 Tamura’s is temporarily closed in Lahaina. I’m not sure if it burned down with the rest of the town. Tamura’s is the best place to find bourbon on the islands.
Ah. I hope it can come back. I’m truly heartbroken for your island with all the destruction there. God Bless.
Excited to try more of these! Happy Birthday Trenton! 🎉
Happy birthday Trenton!🎉 Interesting turn out on the line up. Thanks for helping make my decision on the 12.
Now I want pancakes for breakfast! Happy birthday, Trenton. I’ve heard the newer bottles of CYPB are better than the older ones. I have one from 2023 I’m going to open this weekend. Really looking forward to that now! Great video as always, gents.
Great video! I love the 12. Don’t care for the Special Reserve. Love the Full Proof. SB is good but not worth the high asking prices. Just got a CYPB for 95. Looking forward to giving it a shot!
So far ive tried antique and 12 yr and just didnt care for the 12 yr either. It was super oaky and not in a good way. Like you guys said, almost like treated lumber. I wouldnt be upset if someone poured it for me and id maybe snag a bottle at msrp because i do get in the mood for an oaky bourbon every now and then but I'm certainly not going to hunt or pay hundreds for it. Antique 107 was much more fitting for my pallet and its easily my favorite smelling whisky. Smells like a fresh buttered cherry cheese danish to me.
That is a dream line up! All that weller! I have 107 and sr...didn't like the 107 at first but now very much do. I hope to find bottles of full proof and the alphabet bottle. Thanks for the review!
I have the 12 and have never really cared for it but it is the one everyone always wants to try. Picked up a few SR last week just stumbling on them sitting on the shelf. Decent but not worth hunting. The 107 is my fav that I have tried so far but never owned one.
SLB Classics
0:38 Kurt’s angelic singing voice
1:19 Trenton always breaking things
2:17 Trenton is so confused with the new lettering order
2:27 1|0 👃 Trenton
2/28 Trenton sticky note to the rescue
2:33 Kurt making jokes
4:01 Not even non-chill filtered
4:11 2|0 👃 Trenton
5:17 3|0 👃 Trenton
5:24 Trenton with the puns
6:32 Trenton gets a 2x4 note 😂
6:51 4|0 👃 Trenton
8:23 Mom denies trying some bourbons
8:29 5|0 👃 Trenton
8:33 Kurt tries to get brownie points but it was 20 yrs ago
10:32 5|1 👃 Trenton 🎉🎉
10:35 Hot pocket nosing notes 😂😂
15:42 nosing or smelling ??
16:05 Trenton accidentally spills the beans from the past
18:30 Trenton is now tasting rocks
19:18 The boys have slightly different lineups
21:31 Trenton needs to adjust the bottles
22:21 Trenton has some connections
22:47 Shooketh are the boys
24:00 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRENTON!!!!!🎉🎉🎉
25:44 Kurt is prepared for his blind
26:37 nice nod to finish
23:01 “i gotta sip D now”. (Yes I’m that immature)
I look forward to this comment on every SLB video
My first time watching your channel. Absolutely love it!
"I did really good." 😂 Happy birthday, Trenton! 🎉🥃
I look forward to a time when the prices of these come back to Earth... I stood in line at a Bourbon drop, paid $90 for a Weller 12 (best option available when I got to the front) and was completely underwhelmed. I'd rather find store picks of other products than chase these hype bottles. Great show again!
No bourbon is worth standing in line for, paying secondary, or paying gouged prices for. There's so many good options that are readily available on the shelf at every price point. After months of looking for Buffalo Trace and finding it at a retail $26... it was nice pour, no doubt. But I preferred my Old Forester 86 which waits there on the shelf for me every time, and certainly didn't hold a candle to OF 1910 which I frequently saw Buffalo Trace the same price as.
@@Guy_GuyGuy Got a Buffalo Trace and found it just worse than the Wild Turkey 101 that I always have on my shelf. I mean, it was fine, but it was mild flavor and kind of watery imo.
@@Mrbigdaddymanamale WT101 is best compared to the bottled in bond whiskies, for me Buffalo Trace is the best of the entry level brands a notch below like Jim Beam, regular Jack, Early Times Black, nothing above this category. That's all that it's made as.
@@ChristopherNeeme Perhaps its fair to grade based on proof. However, I can get wt101 for 23.00 or old forester 86 for 18.00 and the buffalo trace is 35.00. The value just isn't there imo.
Kurt, usually Trenton throwing out the poor food takes, but my man, sausage with syrup is absolutely delicious. So is bacon
Where do you guys find this stuff? I’ve only ever found wellers special
🎉Happy 27th Birthday Trenton🎉 Find a great bottle and enjoy! Thanks for a great show. I love watching you two!
Love the lineup. Happy Birthday, Trenton!
Outstanding as always guys! So awesome to all of these Weller's in a blind. I can only find the Special Reserve around me and it didn't impress me for the cost. Thank you and keep up the great work. And HBD to Trenton!
I suspect that on these blind test it may not be truly accurate. It seems to me that your palate will be affected rather quickly.
I say that because on the 9-29 live episode that had E.T. B&B beating out W.T. RB. I did a comparison myself as I have both.
Disclaimer: “ I realize that taste is subjective”
And even though Early Times B&B is really good, it was not on the level of the rare breed.
I will be picking up the Weller 107 Saturday, so will be good to compare the three.
Want to say thank you to Kurt and Trenton and the SLB team for the fantastic content you post. Your content has turned me on to unbelievably wonderful bourbons I may not of ever tried.
I think they are all excellent with Weller 12 and cypb my favorites
Cheers and Happy B-Day Trenton!!!
I recently got a bottle of 107 but I am saving it for an upcoming special occasion. Can’t wait to taste it.
I read the title super quick and thought you BLENDED them all. I was coming to these comments to smite this blasphemy. Luckily, I was mistaken. Fantastic content.
Great show, love the lineup. I need to add the Single Barrel and I will have them all.
Happy Birthday Trenton, have a blessed day!!!!🎉
So far the only Weller I have is the Special Reserve and it’s probably my favorite out of everything I have at the moment. I’ve been wanting to get my hands on some others.
Kurt you definitely have to try syrup on breakfast sausage, so good. Also something that you’d probably never think to try but it’s oddly delicious, open face biscuit topped with hash browns over easy egg bacon and covered with white gravy.
I just picked up a Weller 12 and it’s a grape/vanilla cream bomb. Smells just like grape nerds
I love the "Library Book" flavor/aroma description. I have tasted that but never been able to define it.
Great blind. Happy Birthday and since Weller is no where near my neck of the woods. I'll have a pour of SLB NULU.🥃 Cheers 🇺🇲
Great review. I’ve tasted them myself except CYPB as well. Now I will definitely have to find a bar with it and try.
For the rye blind I highly recommend Wild Turkey RB Rye. Soooo good.
I've tried all of those. For sure the CYPB and the Single Barrels are different than the ones I've tried but I always go back to the OWA 107. Although the 12 is pretty fantastic too.
Compared to other blinds they have done with assorted brands, none of these initial tastings seemed to generate any "WOW!" factor from Kurt or Trenton. Is Weller extremely overrated (and over-priced and over-hyped)? Their remarks for this blind would seem to imply this.
I have the FP, 107, and SR. And just off of those 3 I’d have ti agree with this.
To me it depends on the price you’re talking about. OWA at $50 is significantly better than most other $50 wiskeys in my opinion
Happy Birthday, what a better day to celebrate 🎉. Have yourself a great day. Sip all for me. Can’t find a lot of High end Wellers around here…😊
i am probably the odd man out, but i really enjoy the Special reserve !
Only have the SR and have not opened it I gave one to my son in law and he said it is okay. I’m going to give the few bottles I have away to friends. I’m really not a low proof guy. And I have BT if I feel like having something low proof. And Happy Bday to you young man 🎊🎉🥃🥃
The Weller single barrel is my favorite of that lineup, but obviously it depends on the single barrel
Good review. So do you finish off the samples or pour em back in the bottle?
Happy Birthday Trenton!
Mine is tomorrow, Oct 7th.
Hope you had a great one!
I enjoyed the weller special reserve when I had that. Havent seen any of the others.
Great blind! Makers Mark blind would be great to see as well
Hey, fellas! I appreciate you putting W12 last. Now, I might be able to actually find one! Keep up the great content!
Full Proof is exquisite and 107 is great. Can’t ever find bottles but my favorite bar gets both 😉
Happy birthday Trenton!!
Happy Birthday, Trenton! 🎉
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRENTON!!!🎉🎉
Should have done the birthday bourbon blind on the birthday. Love the videos.
Normally, I find Trenton's food choices to not be appetizing. However, Kurt, Trenton is spot on with breakfast sausage or Bacon dipped in the maple syrup.
CYPB never fairs well on message boards and I think it’s because it’s not readily available and people love to dump on unicorns. It’s hands down my favorite of the Weller lineup. By FAR the most well rounded palate of the group to me and it has a nice finish too. I haven’t done a blind but just going off my experiences I’d say I’m at:
1. CYPB
2. WFP
3. OWA
4. W12
5. SR
16. Single Barrel … yes, 16th place. I had a store pick SR that obliterated the Single Barrel. The only appeal is finishing your rainbow.
Happy Birthday, we share the same birthday! Great videos guys! Cheers! 🥃
Happy Birthday to the both of us! Cheers! :)
Happy Birthday!🎂 The 107 was 👎 took me three years to finish the bottle.
Would love to see how Kosher Wheat would do in a Weller blind.
I'm happy to pay MSRP to try these. No way in hell I'd ever plonk down over 700 bucks for a bourbon. The secondary market + allocation is absurd in every way.
The Bourbon bubble is going to bust soon, there are too many craft and smaller breweries making good pours and their just starting to show up in numbers and in a few years it will be everywhere. I'm content with my rule of thumb I won't spend more than $80, and I'll get a pour of better neats once in a while, I live in Missouri so...I make a couple pretty good mash bills myself.
The Weller 12 is the last cut-off for the Weller line to be a Pappy. If it is not Pappy, it become a Weller 12.
Happy birthday! It's my birthday too. Maybe I'll have to do a weller blind to celebrate 🎉🎉🎉
I always describe single barrel as the best special reserve you’ve ever had 😂
Happy Birthday, Trenton!
Must be a small craft brand. Never seen a single bottle of this stuff 😂
Happy Birthday, Trenton 🎉
Thanks for this blind. It narrows down the Wellers I would pay the extra dough for.
Weller 12 must hold nostalgic value to some folks. I think it's below average at best and I've never seen it do well in a blind.
Happy Birthday Sir!!!!
Happy birthday Trenton and go Colts!
Just wanted to throw a little advice to you guys. I like you guys a lot! But throw a sip of water in between sips to cleanse the palette it makes a difference
Happy birthday Trent! Great show! Cheers!
HBD to the guy named after the most picturesque city in New Jersey! (Hint: there are no picturesque cities in NJ)
Happy birthday Trenton! 🎁🎉
A lot of good videos. I would seeing not as many blind best can be long. Like seeing a little more different bourbons. Showing more best bourbons again under 40.00. Infinity bottles was great to learn made 4 an they are so good
Finally found the SiB to complete my collection. Now for me to do a blind. LOL
Happy Birthday Trenton !!! Cheers to you.🥃
Happy Birthday Trenton! 🎉
Happy birthday, Trenton !!!!! I remember (Member-berries) being 27 ... 25 years ago ! lol
Wow. Antique did well in a recent blind flight.
I’m having a hard time following the hatred for W12. It’s a great sip, not for secondary prices, but if you find it close to MSRP it’s an auto buy for me. And thanks for confirming my suspicions about SiB being a slightly higher proof version of the green label. Not worth the chase or pricing by any means
Thank you guys that was very informative!
Happy Birthday Trenton!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Taste is subjective, no doubt. But there are HUGE differences between Weller vintages. It would be interesting to know what year each of the whiskies in this video are from. First W12 I had was a 2017, and I was incredibly disappointed. Have had many bottles of WSR that hit harder. Recently got to try the 2023 and 2024 W12s and wow - right up there with Lot B IMO (never had Stitzel-Weller juice though). I would agree with what many have said about WFP.. It's my favorite of the lineup. The 2019 WFP is phenomenal, no doubt. But other batches of WFP (2022) have failed to meet the same mark for me. It seems higher proof bourbons generally have more intensity and are some of the best I've tried. But there are plenty of 90-100 proof bourbons that are also amazing.
Please put a legend graphic in the top left of the video so the viewers do not have to remember what letter goes to which bourbon. This would have made your commentary about the sample more easily tie to the Weller you were tasting.
I have only tried weller green and red. Wouldn’t buy unless I can find at msrp and I didn’t have a bottle. That said a local store has a store pic of seller fp hitting in December. Hope I can get one.
"Send the sausage in with it" lolol
🤣"you know what that is? thats a weller"