On Thursday, Buffalo Trace Distillery added a one-of-a-kind bottling to its portfolio: Weller Millennium, an ultra-aged wheated whiskey distilled at the turn of the 21st century.
The whiskey is a blend of vintage straight bourbon and wheat whiskies distilled in 2000, 2003, 2005, and 2006, all of which were aged at the brand’s distillery in Frankfort, Ky. According to a press release, the early aughts were a period of change for the brand, one that inspired its distillation team to look to the past. To pay homage to W.L. Weller, the original wheated bourbon brand, they reserved some of the first whiskeys distilled in the new millennium explicitly to formulate this release.
