Bernheim Original
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Bernheim Original

Wheat Whiskey

ABV 45%

Available from The Whisky Exchange

Bernheim Original Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey - £78.50
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Breath-taking. A benchmark for wheat whiskeys.

Rob Allanson

Specification

Bernheim Original

Brand

Heaven Hill

Bottler

Wheat Whiskey

Expression

Wheat

Type

7

Age (Years)

45%

ABV

USA

Region/Country

Standard (Distillery or blended)

Bottling Type

Tasting Notes

Rob Allanson

Taster

Nose: Warm crumpets with marmalade, Weetabix and full fat milk, sweet and grainy. A little saline, hot river stones and saltine crackers. Exotic spices, garam masala and cumin, then dark cherry and chocolate. Fresh pastries and warm bread crusts.

Palate: Huge sweetness, then the cherry rolls in. Bakery Belgian buns, icing sugar and almond croissants. Menthol too, and sherbet candy.

Finish: Just keeps giving waves of tobacco smoke and roast almonds.

Comment: Breath-taking. A benchmark for wheat whiskeys.

Score: 9.6

Lyndsey Gray

Taster

Nose: A huge box made of pine needles and toffee popcorn, fizzy cherry bottles and cantaloupe melon. Then freshly cut wood aroma that lingers in your dad’s shed.

Palate: A sour note, washed down with melon and nectarine smoothies and barbequed kiwis. Then some shoe polish, oak roasted ham and torched heather sprigs.

Finish: A sensationally sweet, buttery texture with charred fruits and musky florals.

Comment: Continental breakfasts served up in the woodshed.

Score: 8.5

9
Overall Score

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