{"id":1498,"date":"2014-08-13T00:08:31","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T05:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/?p=1498"},"modified":"2014-08-13T00:09:04","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T05:09:04","slug":"bernheim-original-kentucky-straight-wheat-whiskey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/2014\/08\/bernheim-original-kentucky-straight-wheat-whiskey\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernheim Original Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"BERNHEIM<\/a>

45% ABV, $20<\/p><\/div>\n

Since I’m tasting alternative whiskeys to bourbon, I thought I’d continue with a small batch wheat whiskey from Heaven Hill, produced at the Bernheim Distillery. \u00a0Being a straight wheat whiskey means that Bernheim Original is distilled from a mash of at least 51% wheat and aged for at least 2 years in new charred oak barrels. \u00a0Prices range up to the high twenties, but I can find store selections for $20 for the past year or so.<\/p>\n

The nose reveals that there’s got to still be a pretty good corn component. \u00a0I smell caramel, straw, sweet corn, sweet tobacco and dark cherries amidst a mild alcohol burn. A drop of water accents the tobacco a bit.<\/p>\n

The taste is of vanilla, caramel, straw, honey, candied cherries, ginger, plum and pear. \u00a0The finish lingers nicely and is fairly spicy with black pepper and ginger and has\u00a0a leathery feel that fades reasonably quickly. \u00a0After adding just a drop of water, the whiskey takes on a sweeter profile with less spice on the finish. \u00a0The only new flavor I detect\u00a0is lemon drop, but the flavors blend together more than before and the leathery mouthfeel and mild wood on the finish remain.<\/p>\n

This isn’t a very complex whiskey, but it’s a solid one with a nice mouthfeel and a good balance of fruit, candy and spice flavors to make things interesting, while finishing with enough wood presence to show some age. \u00a0I also like the fact that it gives me a bit of insight into wheated bourbons, by showcasing the wheat a bit more. \u00a0This is a regular bottle, but I have a store selection that I’ll taste at some point in the not-too-distant future for comparison. \u00a0At $20, you can’t go wrong by trying it out, but it’s worth the experience even at $28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since I’m tasting alternative whiskeys to bourbon, I thought I’d continue with a small batch wheat whiskey from Heaven Hill, produced at the Bernheim Distillery. \u00a0Being a straight wheat whiskey means that Bernheim Original is distilled from a mash of at least 51% wheat and aged for at least 2 years in new charred oak … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[58,26],"class_list":["post-1498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whiskey","tag-heaven-hill","tag-wheat"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p364aH-oa","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1498"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1501,"href":"https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498\/revisions\/1501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}