Larceny Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon

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A wheated bourbon from Heaven Hill, using wheat in place of rye. Made in small batches of no more than 100 barrels and bottled at 46%, it is soft and sweet with notes of pastry, brown sugar and butter.

Details

Brand	Larceny
Distillery	Heaven Hill
Origin	USA / Kentucky
Style	Bourbon
Age	NAS
ABV	46%
Cask	New oak casks

Flavour profile

Smoky
Sweet
Fruity
Spicy
Rich

* Editorial estimate.

Tasting notes

Nose: Creamy sweetness with pastry, coffee and herbal notes.
Palate: Smooth, with malt loaf, demerara sugar, butter and festive spice.
Finish: Soft and sweet, with gentle lingering spice.

* Editorial tasting notes.

How to enjoy it

Neat
On the rocks
Highball

The softness of wheat makes it easy to enjoy neat or on the rocks. As a highball it keeps its sweetness and stays very drinkable.

Food pairing

Sweet-and-savoury meats like BBQ pork or teriyaki chicken. Also good with pecan pie or butter cookies.

Background & production

A bourbon from Heaven Hill in Kentucky made in the wheated style, with wheat rather than rye as the secondary grain. It follows in the line of the Old Fitzgerald brand, which Heaven Hill acquired in 1999.

The name nods to John E. Fitzgerald, a Treasury bonding agent said to have used his warehouse keys to sneak whiskey from the best barrels — hence the key on the label.

Launched in 2012, it is a small batch of no more than 100 barrels, bottled at 92 proof (46% ABV).