Low Gap Wheat Whiskey 4yr

Four years ago when barrels of 18 year old Stitzel Weller Bourbon could be purchased on a whim we began piling up more casks than we knew what to do with. When you buy a barrel of whiskey from a producer they usually send you the empty vessel with it. At that time we were working closely with Crispin Cain at the American Craft Whsikey Distillery on a number of new projects and when they mentioned they were experimenting with wheat whiskey running it through their antique column still I offered some of our ex-Bourbon casks for maturation. Fill this old wheated Bourbon barrel with wheat whiskey I said and maybe we can buy it back from you in a few years. Then I completely forgot about it. But a few weeks ago we got the call from the distillery; it had been four years. Did we want to see where the whiskey was at? You bet we did and after tasting the sample we had Crispin bottle the whiskey immediately. It’s in an absolutely perfect spot. The nose is a mixture of fresh cut grai