Ragged Branch Wheated Bourbon Bottled In Bond

I visited the Ragged Branch Distillery in Charlottesville, VA last week. I had a flight of their BiB Rye, BiB Signature Bourbon, and BiB Wheated Bourbon. The latter took top honors, so I brought a bottle home... Color: Medium-Dark Amber. Nose: prune (fig?), molasses, vanilla beans, slight alcohol and oak. Palate (drank with an ice cube): Very little burn. The "prune" or "fig" from the nose carries over to the palate. I always like that... drives me crazy when the nose holds promise, but the palate doesn't follow through. The last time I got these sort of notes was from Stellum. Sweet and spicy..... I've been drinking this all night, and the more I sip, the more "grain" I get. Not a negative... just wanted to add it to my review. Finish: Medium, slightly drying with the prune profile really seeing things through to the end. Final Thoughts: Before posting this review, I didn't have any specific recollections from when I tasted this at the distillery. But I knew there was a reason why I took it home. This is different in a good way. Solid 3.5 stars. Added 8/25/25: Sipping this after some Weller Antique 107... the differences are like night and day. Whereas both are Wheaters, this one is far less sweet and balanced as the Buffalo Trace distillate. This Ragged Branch wheater is way more "earthy" and "grainy". it also has more "youthful" qualities. Probably didn't live in its barrel for longer than the 4 years as required for BiB. It's definitely a different pour. But, as for Wheaters, I will take Weller over this one any day. Added 8/31/25: I just switched from Maker's Mark Lost Recipe 2025 to this. As was the case with the Weller switch, the difference between these Wheaters smacks you hard in the face. Whereas I characterized the profile of this Ragged Branch offering as "grainy", tonight I'm beginning to think that it's closer to "youthful" than grainy. Yeahhh... this stuff is a bit weird. Youthfully funky. It's amazing how drinking two different whiskeys back-to-back can reveal so much in the way of differences. Sometimes, it can reveal differences that are not exactly positive. This might end up down the drain. Knocking my rating down to 2.75 stars.

On the nose there is a swampy peaty smell that overwhelms the nostrils. After a bit there is a strong caramel smell that comes through. The taste awkwardly backs the smell up with peat that backs into a sweetness. It feels a bit thin in the mouth. The finish is almost non-existant. Overall, the peaty feel doesn't do well for me.

Batch 6. Bottle 307 Vanilla, and definitely don't corn in here. Aroma is of a young whisky. Flavor is rough with corn and tannic oak. Needs to be shed s bit longer.

Very oaky, not sweet considering it is a wheater. Not my preference.

Cant find the honey one on this app. Not my jam.