This is going to be GOOD!

The potential of the current run of 21% Wheated Bourbon is so amazing that we fed the mash, distillation and barrel details into Chat GPT to find out what the future may hold.

Here’s a set of tasting notes built around that profile: 75% corn / 21% wheat / 4% malted barley, distilled in Louisville and aged in Kelvin medium toast, Char 3.

Overall Style

A soft, dessert-leaning wheated bourbon with a rounded, creamy palate and balanced oak—less heavy char and smoke, more baking spice, toast, and candied sweetness. Think approachable, but with enough structure to interest a serious drinker.

Appearance

• Color: Polished amber to light copper (assuming ~4–6 years in barrel)

• Viscosity: Medium legs, suggesting moderate to slightly elevated proof and decent glycerol/oil content.

Nose

• First impression: Warm and inviting, with a “bakery” character.

• Key notes:

  • Sweet corn pudding and vanilla custard

  • Honeycomb, light caramel, and butterscotch

  • Fresh wheat bread, brioche, or buttered dinner roll

  • Toasted oak, light sawdust, and a hint of toasted coconut from the medium toast

  • Gentle baking spice: cinnamon sugar, nutmeg, a touch of clove

  • Subtle orange peel and apple skin in the background

• Overall: Soft, rounded, and creamy rather than sharp or tannic. Oak is present but not dominating.

Palate

• Entry:

  • Silky and slightly sweet on arrival—creme brûlée, vanilla bean, and corn sweetness.

  • The wheat shows up early as a plush texture: soft, bready, almost pastry-like.

• Mid-palate:

  • Caramel corn, honey, and light toffee

  • Wheat bread with brown sugar and cinnamon

  • Toasted marshmallow, light cocoa powder, and a hint of almond or pecan

  • Oak expresses more as toasted stave and baking spice than as heavy char or smoke (Kelvin medium toast / Char 3 influence).

• Structure:

  • Tannins are moderate, not gripping.

  • Spice is present but more “baking spice warmth” than rye-style bite.

  • Mouthfeel is rounded and creamy, with a soft, rolling mid-palate.

Finish

• Length: Medium to medium-long.

• Flavor evolution:

  • Fades from caramel and vanilla into toasted oak, light cocoa, and baking spice.

  • Lingering notes of cinnamon toast, vanilla wafer, and a touch of honey.

  • Very subtle char—more toasted barrel staves than campfire.

• Afterglow:

  • Gentle warmth in the chest, not aggressive.

  • A soft, sweet grain note (corn pudding / wheat biscuit) hangs on at the end.