Honey | Oak | Vanilla | Luxardo maraschino cherry | Light baking spices | Syrup

Dry oak | Leather | Black peppercorn | Rye spice | Faint cherry | Light spiced syrup | Dry

Rye spice | Light syrup | Dry oak | Leather | Dry lingering spice

Wheel Horse Bourbon was one of the first bourbons to come out of the O.Z. Tyler Distillery, which has since been acquired and renamed the Green River Distillery. The brand, which is owned by independent bottler Latitude Beverage Co., consists of core bourbon and rye releases. For their latest limited edition release, the company takes a 4.5 year bourbon originally aged in char 4 oak barrels and finishes it in new char 1 oak barrels for 6 months. The first 5 year old bourbon for the company consists of 2,100 bottles.

The sip starts with a pleasing nose full of sweet flavors that draw you in. Honey and oak, combined with Luxardo maraschino cherries, light backing spices, and syrup all mingling together in a cohesive fashion. From the midpoint on however, the sip takes on a dry flavor profile, starting with dry oak and leather in the midpoint. While it pulls in spice and a touch of syrup, the overall dry composition is noticeable. The finish carries these flavors and dry traits forward, finishing on a dry lingering spice note. While the nose starts things off incredibly strong, the dryness of the sip is the main focus and pulls this down to average territory. If Wheel Horse can dial in dryness for their next release of this, they’ll have a winner