I sure wish people would stop buying this up to just turn around and try to gouge people with high prices who just want to enjoy a great bourbon! Great review! Cheers 🥃
Couldn't agree more. It's really not worth the secondary prices but it was created for people who couldn't afford pappy. Now it's hard to afford a bottle of this in most places. Cheers b
Jason, I literally just got a bottle for $30. I'm a rewards member of a liquor store down here in Florida. I've spent enough money there where I finally got access to what they call "The Vault." They open it to members online a few times a year for only 1 day. Everything is sold for retail. There were about 10 whiskys. You can only get 1 bottle. All the Pappy was gone. I chose the Weller over the Blantons because it was half the price with the age statement. I'm a little concerned about the 90 proof, but for $30 you can't beat it. Great review by the way.
Great review Jason! Weller 12 retails for $28.95 in Oregon, BUT it is never on the shelf since it’s allocated. We do see Special Reserve ($24.95) and sometimes OWA 107 ($26.95). Recently went to a blind tasting that included Weller 12, Antique 107 and Elmer T. Lee. Antique 107 and Elmer came out ahead of the Weller 12, but they were all good! Love the history information you include...
Wow, nice bottle of Weller 12 and a great review plus head to to head to boot. To me the Weller 12 sounds like a complex caramel and the Weller Reserve is an awesome cotton candy, so in respects as you said they are two different bourbons. Cheers to finding those great whiskies!
My friend picked me up a bottle a month or so ago for about $35. Haven't convinced myself to crack it open yet. At least I can taste it vicariously through your review!
Great overview! Weller 12 came to Alberta this fall first time ever & all shops that received an allocation charged a fair price $55-60 cdn, except 1 was asking $99. Decent whisky, glad I didn’t pay the crazy marked up prices we are currently seeing. Weller SR is always available here, retails for ~$45. Cheers M&D
Thanks Fisky. 55-60 cdn isn't bad. I may pay that considering how hard to find this is. But the marked up prices are definitely not worth what your getting at 90 proof. Cheers!
The Mash and Drum What are the chances that Trenny & C just dropped their unboxing of Weller 12 today as well! Planning a head to head to the SR. Totally copying you!
Thanks so much! Appreciate the kind words. The history is a great part of every bottle. Glad others appreciate that like I do. Cheers and thanks again for watching! Cheers.
The hype is real, when it came out the Abraham Bowman sweat XVI was the pappy recipe people went ape shit over it. Dam $60 dollar bottle flew to over 1200$ because people where calling it the “Pappy 16”. Thank god I went to the distillery to get my two. Watched a fight break out over tickets for people in line.
Yeah its crazy! Pappy is ver good but I just cant wrap myself around the hype. There are so many great bourbons out there. Would I love to own a bottle..yes..but Its not worth fighting for or paying those astronomical amounts for. Cheers!
Great video. Too bad for me that the Weller line is pretty much a unicorn here on Oahu Hawaii. I did see a the 107 and Special Reserve on the big island last month. The 107 was going for $80 and the Special Reserve for $120. I just couldn't bring myself to pay those inflated prices.🤙
That was again a great review. The opening music is also just fantastic. The Weller 12 still evades my searches for a bottle. Having just obtained a OldRip Van Winkle 10 recently the ‘type’ and style of these bourbons in very intriguing. Thanks for the review and beautifully well done video Jason!!
Thanks Graeme. Took me 3 years to find one at a decent price. I'm curious how the Old Rip compares to this. In another 3 years maybe I'll get a bottle of the old rip and compare. Lol. Cheers!
Excellent definitely a great find. I haven’t seen it around here. Not even behind the glass with other expensive bottles. You know that glass sliding door we all put our face up to like a kid at a candy store.
I was just about to post about having Jason do a blind with the Lot B, since I've heard that the 12 is Lot B that just isn't good enough. Now I don't have to since you two have!
Exactly. Enjoy what you can. The hype has unfortunately affected alot of great bourbons but if your lucky enough to have some then sip away my friend. Cheers!
Great review. The screw cap isn't that surprising as this is a $27 bottle of whiskey! I lucked into one for this price not too long ago. I regularly see these in liquor store shelves for $200. Not cool.....
Wow 5 years ago Weller 12 MSRP was only $30-35? People were lucky back then. In 2024 Weller 12 MSRP is $69.99. Doubled in price, that is if you can find it for MSRP because all Weller is hard to find nowadays
Hi Jason, now after 3 years of this video, would you still say $150 is too much for a Weller 12? Because I could get one at this price here in Germany and I'm unsure if I should pull the trigger 😅 Btw I love Buffalo Trace, my favorite is the Eagle Rare 10. Thanks for your help!
Thanks for making me happy about this purchase.. I cannot open it for a while because I’m worried it will change because of that bad seal.Any suggestion on preserving it?
Would love to try Weller 12, too hard to find. Have been able to get a SReserve and the Antique 107... 107 to me is the best, high proof but still smooth and has those cherry, caramel, vanilla notes
This flow-down from the Pappy madness never fails to amaze me. Five or six years ago, Weller 12 was an easy-to-find, mid-shelf product that pretty much assumed the role of go-to ‘wheater’ for anyone who wanted something different from the regular bourbons and ryes. It was available everywhere for $30 to $35 (I think I paid $32 for my last bottle). It’s good, but in a blind tasting (our whisky club did a blind tasting of this) it wouldn’t receive the accolades it currently attracts due to the pappy hype.
I would agree Frank. That's why I think once it gets up to that 80-100 dollar mark, even though the bourbon is very delicious, it's just not worth that price point. Rather buy a 100 proofer with more bite for half the price. Cheers and thanks for watching.
@@franklampard6316 It already is in some places. Cant get it here in Ohio. Its all sold in the first couple of hours. Its definitely not one you can just walk in and get at any time by me.
Hi Jason, I had my first one of this tonight (along with the 107 for LaMdW/France at 53,5 % & the Special Reserve, 3 samples from cool guys here...) and I fell in love with it, this is so sexy & melted, complex, generous, refined, wow ! I must find one now ! Cheers ! PS I thought the mashbill was including kinda 30 % wheat & 20 % Rye something like that, plus corn & m.barley ? this is so different than anything I've tried so far !
Yeah this is buffalo traces wheated mashbill. It's unknown what the proportions are but generally they are high in corn..70 ish percent. Wheat is the second dominant grain followed by barley. The 12 years does give this a caramel and chocolate flavor to it. I'm impressed by the balance. 12 year old bourbon is not always such. Cheers.
@@TheMashandDrum Thanks it is hard to believe indeed...and so unique...yeah balance is awesome, complexity & smoothness too...will review those three soon & might do a video as well, got also other US samples to review, thanks to some generous followers, I'm excited & increasing my interest for tasting & collecting (to drink !) those gems from your country !
Great review Jason. Coming from the scotch world, Weller 12 opened my eyes to the richness of well crafted bourbons. Of course, it was much easier to get back then, but still a great pour.... if you can find it.
Hey buddy great review, one for me that has always been very enjoyable, just to bad its so difficult to get if you don't pay secondary for it. Love the Old Carter 12 in the background!
Pls tell me jason to buy weller 12 or weller 107 ? Bit confused hearing so many people ? or just buy both and try them separately and also do some mixing n try making some poor man’s pappy as well . Here in uk we get these 12 yr n 107 around £100 at store price .
I like 107 personally but I also like higher proof. If you like to keep things under 100 proof than the 12...if you want more flavor and finish...go 107.
Great review, as usual. I was lucky enough to find a bottle of this over the summer, but I haven't opened it yet. You said that it probably wasn't worth more than $100, so I'm curious as to which $100 bottles you consider to worth their price tags? Thanks!
Hmmm. There isn't many. I would take ALOT of bourbons that are under 100 over Weller 12...the ones that come to mind are EH Taylor barrel proof and last year's Birthday bourbon from old Forester. Any of the Masters keeps from Wild Turkey I would take over this as well. There are some out there.
Hey, Jason, First of all, " GO BUCKS!" Where did you find that bottle of Old Carter? Did Urban owe you a favor? Please review it. Sipping on some W12 - yum! Cliff ; OSU '76
Cheers Cliff. Got lucky in Kentucky! Lol. I will be reviewing the old Carter. It's the barrel strength batch 1 so I'm super excited. Cheers to your Weller 12 and go bucks!
I work for a very high end grocery chain in California and we only get a total of one case of this a year. That's a little bit more than what we get of pappy's
I picked up three for $120/per, then decided it was too expensive to actually drink - the same conclusion I reached with a stock of rarities I have in the closet. Forrester 1920 is very highly rated and goes for $55 or $60. If MSRP is a gauge of parts and labor + profit, we really need to be looking for labels in the $40 area and not allowing ourselves to get ripped off - as I did. My future standard will be: does the bourbon allow me to sip of an evening of cards, movies, books, or music, while enjoying the taste and mellow head without concentrating on the price and the bourbon marketplace.
Yeah I would pay the 55 for the 1920 because the proof and flavor warrants in to me. The 120 dollar price tag on the Weller 12 in some places just doesn't. Thanks for watching! Cheers.
I came across a bottle of W12 this week. Jason, if you are seeking another bottle please feel to reach out. Would let it go for 2 OWA (non store picks). I'd pay for shipping both ways.
