Larceny Barrel Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Larceny Barrel Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is Heaven Hill’s wheated mashbill bottled the way the tasting team finds it in the rickhouse: six to eight years in new charred oak, non-chill filtered, and filled at full barrel proof. The mash is 68 percent corn, 20 percent wheat, and 12 percent malted barley — more wheat than most Kentucky wheaters — so bakery sweetness stays in the glass even when the batch runs hot. Three numbered releases ship each year; the bottle on the shelf is whatever batch is in stock. This is the line that took Whisky Advocate’s Whisky of the Year in 2020. Pour it over a large cube on a cold night.

Toasted bread, maple, and cinnamon lead, then molasses coats the tongue with fig and hazelnut. The texture is thick and sweet-wheat rather than sharp; graham, brown sugar, and baking spice ride the sip into a long, warm close.