The 15 Best New Bourbons You Should Be Drinking Right Now

Robb Report | Jonah Flicker | September 22, 2020

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Old Elk Wheated Bourbon

Colorado’s Old Elk distillery has several new releases out this fall, including a wheated bourbon expression. Master distiller Greg Metze, formerly of MGP, contract-distilled this truly high wheat whiskey, with a mash bill of 51 percent corn, 45 percent wheat, 4 percent malted barley. Fans of Maker’s Mark or the ever elusive Pappy Van Winkle are familiar with this style of bourbon, which replaces rye with wheat as a secondary flavoring grain. But the larger than usual percentage of wheat that Old Elk uses really imbues this five-year-old bourbon with a caramel sweetness that lingers on the finish.

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