On the low end Wild Turkey Rare Breed is intermediate aged and bottled in the low to mid 50s ABV- 52-56% ABV- for a blend of whiskey averaging about 6 years old. Elijah Craig 12 yo Barrel Proof to be bottled between 62% ABV and 70.1% ABV, after, yes, 12 years. ABV increase in US whiskey is quite variable, but it is typical for a Kentucky bourbon, e.g. In the US it is typical for whiskeys to gain alcohol content over aging with the amount varying with the climate of the specific area within the US where the whiskey is aged, the specific weather during the years aged, and also with the temperature changes according to specific positions within the rickhouses where the barrels were aged. Behold William Larue Weller, Jr.Ĥ years ago 3 Who liked dloewen US straight bourbons and ryes go into the barrel at a legal maximum of 125 US proof/62.5% ABV. This is the sort of thing that Buffalo Trace has to do to deflect away from the scarcity and free-market-cost of its top products.a relatively attainable and hopefully affordable William Larue Weller Light. This is an outstanding idea, and I hope that it will be generally available for a very long time. This is clearly the "Stagg Jr." version of William Larue Weller. Weller Full Proof does not have the age of William Larue Weller, I am sure, or it would be William Larue Weller. 57% is a far cry from the 70% ABV that William Larue Weller sometimes attains, but I swooned over my sister's now extinct bottle of 2007 release William Larue Weller which was at 58.95% ABV. Weller Full Proof sounds to me like a step even closer to the moniker of "William Larue Weller Light" that I have in the past applied to Old Weller Antique 107. Why? Because I had the same experience, and for years and years only I and cherylnifer would utter a less than enthusiastic word about Weller 12 on Connosr. I always smile when I see you ranting about that bottle of Weller 12 of yours. wait for it.don't keep drinking it to finish the bottle if you do not like it. As for your Weller 12 yo, did you give it the 2 years of air time I advised? If not. Weller Full Proof is "William Larue Weller OdysseusUnbound Weller Full Proof has no age statement, so it is not likely to be 12 years old.
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