W.L Weller 12 Year Bourbon Whiskey sale we didn’t paint the picture

we didn’t paint the picture on the front label

though several note that the lower proof keeps it from being quite as intense or complex as its Full Proof or barrel-strength siblings — a real bourbon

At its heart

Proof: 80 Proof 40% alc/vol

Notes of dried orchard fruits on the nose followed by some spice on the palate

W.L Weller 12 Year Bourbon Whiskey sale we didn’t paint the pictureWeller's wheated bourbon story goes back to 1849, when William Larue Weller began sealing his bottles with a green wax thumbprint as a mark of quality. After his death in 1899, his company eventually merged with the Stitzel family's distillery whose earliest employee was a young Julian "Pappy" Van Winkle, who got his start working for Weller before making the wheated bourbon name that would later eclipse it. Buffalo Trace has produced Weller since