Bernheim Original Barrel Proof Wheat Whiskey Batch B923, produced by Heaven Hill, is a straight wheat whiskey released in September 2023. Aged seven to nine years and bottled at 120.4 proof, it features a mashbill of 51% wheat, 37% corn and 12% malted barley. Priced at $65, this is the second batch in the series, following the initial release in February 2023.
Coming in nearly 30 proof points higher than the standard version, Bernheim Original Barrel Proof Wheat Whiskey is a bigger, bolder version that improves upon the base version in nearly every way, but isn’t without flaws. It walks like a bourbon, it talks like a bourbon, but it's. A wheat whiskey? Not having tried their standard expression, I was taken aback at the similarities it has with most wheated bourbons I've had.
