William Larue Weller was a third generation distiller, who joined the whiskey business initially as a wholesale dealer, before becoming a distiller, rectifier and blender. 

Weller began experimenting with wheat-flavoured Bourbon, partly in the belief that it would have a more approachable profile at a younger age. Notably, as Weller’s business grew, he took on a young salesman by the name of Julian “Pappy” van Winkle. Pappy van Winkle would later become one of the greats of American distilling, and enjoys a premium range of wheated Bourbons in his own name. 

Indeed, this bottling of William Larue Weller is made to the same wheated Buffalo Trace mashbill, and shares many characteristics with the famed “Pappy”.