Is Weller Antique 107 ACTUALLY Worth It In 2024?

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[@donstilton4355]

Being in Jersey where the store owners think they're secondary dealers I've never seen it under $100

[@ozo012]

Yup we've got tons of Tater museums in NJ. $100 is also the lowest I've seen it

[@gfrank9772]

When Bardstown BiB is only $50 ish and readily available, I’m good.

[@dannyfannyfoodle]

Actually true.

[@ranman1959]

Right around $60 with tax in Ohio. Harder to find now but it still seems to drop once a month though it is snatched up quickly. Still one of my favorites. I think it's a state law every Ohio bourbon buyer has to keep a case of this on hand at all times. At least it seems that way, lol.

[@vettespace]

I enjoy Weller Antique 107! I pick up a bottle at our local ABC store at retail whenever I can during one of their allocated drops.

[@tomshanley5405]

Here in NY, it is rare to find and on the rare occasion I do see it, the price starts at 200.

[@theukyankee]

The British Bourbon Society did a pick of Weller 107 and sold it for £65. It is totally worth it! Ours was full of real cherry, some chocolate, caramel and apple along with an oaky punch on the taste with an extra floral note on the nose.

[@kingkrow420]

If you come across it, Old Elk Double Wheat is phenomenal. I think MSRP is like 100-110 so certainly not cheaper, but its actually worth that price

[@boswineguy5461]

Great re-visit. This was my gateway pour back in 2010, the first bourbon I really loved and always had stocked on my bar.

[@jondilly1974]

So glad I live in Ohio where it rains OWA monthly at 55.00

[@brentworls8509]

Not recently though...

[@jondilly1974]

@@brentworls8509 it’s been 2-3 weeks here in NWO

[@stuffandwhiskey]

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[@jondilly1974]

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[@Wadendawater19028]

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[@JonBlankman]

Weller Antique 107 is one of my all-time favorites. I am always enjoy wheated bourbons and this one hits all of the right notes with me. Less than two years ago, I had never even seen a bottle of Weller Antique 107 in the wild at any price. Now, I am able to always have one open on my bar at all times and several back-ups. I paid $80 for my first one and have been always able to find them for about $50 ever since. Buffalo Trace has definitely added a lot more in production and I think their new distribution network has made a big improvement as well. The availability of all Buffalo Trace products has multiplied greatly in my little, rural corner of the country in the last 18 months.

[@JJ44_14]

I never can find this in Colorado . I see the 12 year, full proof, CYPB, and single barrel, special reserve they are always marked up but I have never seen the 107 so had to order online

[@stuffandwhiskey]

We feel ya. It’s not a bottle we run across often ourselves.

[@wvdavidr]

That's probably my favorite bourbon. I really like the oak and cherry notes.

[@chrisjaubert81]

I bounce between 107 and SiB as my favorite Weller pours, but I haven't found another one that even closely stands up to either.

[@chefcar]

Being a wheated bourbon fan - this is one of my favorites - when I can find it at retail, but not paying secondary for it at all!!

[@_justinbestclarinet]

My favorite bottle I have right now is an Antique 107 store pick I got at an annual bourbon drop event for $65. Just fantastic stuff

[@tylerraines3232]

107 is absolutely worth it, Retail is around 65, MSRP is around 90.. it is a mid proof wheater BT product… for the price it one of the best values in Bourbon! It has great proof, it’s sweet, and has a great floral fruity note as well! Must buy for under $100.

[@jimidrammer4187]

Never understood the whole BT craze. I've had them all and they are good but by no means worth crazy prices. GTS & WLW are the pinnacle and very nice, others not so much.

[@WhiskyForBeginners]

I don't get it either. I've not had all their stuff, but of what I have been able to try only Blanton's SFTB was something I really want to have again. There's so much juice out there that's a ton easier to find, for the same retail or less, that's just as good if not better.

[@stuffandwhiskey]

Agreed. GTS and WLW are truly special whiskey in many ways, but the rest of the Buffalo Trace lineup is overhyped for sure.

[@mattklaren3545]

I have a bottle of Weller Antique 107. I would spend $100 all day for this bottle. Nice proof. Nice sweetness. Great sipper.

[@garyreif6975]

I just had it for the first time and loved it. Curious what they think is better under $100.

[@stuffandwhiskey]

Keep in mind that we're not the biggest wheated bourbon fans, so there are a boatload of bottles that we prefer. One of my favorite things to do in blind tastings for others is to put Weller Antique 107 and the standard Four Roses 100 proof single barrel next to each other as part of a 4-pour blind flight. Both have a prominent cherry note, and the higher proof wheated vs lower proof high rye bourbon tend to come across with about the same level of heat on the palate, and more often than not people prefer the Four Roses.

[@MJ-km3qz]

The was the best vocal solo on a whiskey channel ever! 🎤

[@89sooner]

I haven’t had a bottle of 107 in a while, but I always liked the Wilderness Trail wheated picks better. I’d like to try it against the Bardstown Origins wheater down the road.

[@semtz11]

107 is my favorite from the weller line up. From The obtainable bottles that is!!! Cheers guys love the content!!! 🥃🥃

[@MichaelVanKorn]

Love OWA. I’m Canadian, when our liqour stores have it ($75cdn) I always buy it.

[@williamslaven5104]

I have one ☝️ n my cabinet but haven’t opened it as of yet, I’m waiting to crack it open once I have a back up. Hope I can find another one soon lol

[@CPGumby]

After only being able to try it at a local bar (and loving it, BTW) I finally, FINALLY! got my hands on a bottle of OWA, but I had to trade for it (Blanton's). There are a few places that do store picks of OWA in my area apparently, but they go for like 150, and I don't know if that's worth it--it's good, great even, but for 150? I have a few other wheaters that are just as tasty for far less, so I think I will carefully nurse that one bottle and hope I stumble across another one at some point.

[@Pirate_Henry_Avery]

It's the best of the Weller rainbow IMO and similar in palate to Maker's Mark cask strength but in a blind the Maker's beat it twice for me. I keep an open and a backup on the shelf but I couldn't tell you the last time I reached for it and I'm in Ohio where I see them every 2-3 weeks for 56

[@tfrogginhfroggin]

I do like the 107. I have been having problems with the Special Reserve lately…either my tastes have changed or I have some odd tasting bottles.

[@christopherryan7654]

I've never seen a bottle of any type of Weller.

[@drgallup]

Always been a fav of mine although I almost never drink it because of the stupid markup. I really like the proof point, it tastes like a poor mans Old Rip to me at MSRP. If this comes back down I'd buy it again. I'm seeing better availability for some brands but not Weller yet.

[@matthewslaughter7693]

I think this is a good bottle. I'd buy it all day at $50, but where I live, it's 2X retail. Considering I can get liter bottles of Makers Cask Strength for less than $50, it would be crazy to spend that much after having owned one! I know this goes against popular opinion, but I actually prefer Weller 12.

[@BrianVaughn]

This is one of those bottles I think would be a one and done for me. It would be nice to have a bottle at home but it is not something I would hunt and stock up.

[@k.johnson2722]

one of my favorite bottles of all time

[@thomaslyon2112]

Hello , May I start by saying I enjoy your videos. I was a beer drinker for 20 yrs. I quit drinking for a few years, just got some sipping whiskey every now an then. Fast forward,I’m retired and 69 yrs old. I have got a hankering for bourbon again. I like it on the rocks. I have had all the popular middle of the shelf stuff. Most of them won’t stand up to ice. It gets that watered down taste right away. So my question is do I need to step up to a higher proof, if so how high.

[@stuffandwhiskey]

Proof will definitely help as will a larger ice cube. We use a 2" silicone cube mold off of Amazon to make larger ice that doesn't melt and water things down as fast. We also find that non-chill filtered pours tend to stand up better to ice, so things like Maker's Mark Private Selections, Four Roses Small Batch Select, and your proofier pours like Jack Daniel's Barrel Proof and Knob Creek 120 proof single barrels handle ice better for slow sipping. You can also try keeping the bottle in the freezer so that it's cold without having to add ice. That'll likely be the best option if you like your bourbon cold (even though we prefer ours room temp except for the hottest summer months).

[@user-zu7zp3qe1c]

In 2 years of looking for Antique in Indiana I've never seen it, and when I drop into Kentucky it's always marked up, never seen it at retail.....I think the cheapest I've seen it was $130, and up to $250

[@orangebird-girl3148]

New bourbon drinker, would love to get samples, i am a subscriber

[@stuffandwhiskey]

Thanks for joining in! Cheers!

[@ytbradshaw]

One I've still never seen in a store (around Atlanta) below secondary pricing...and that was only once or twice.

[@stuffandwhiskey]

It’s definitely like that in many markets.

[@aliassteve9055]

Still one of my favorite wheated bourbon.

[@ericlimbo858]

I think you should do a blind head-to-head with OWA 107 and Weller Full Proof.

[@MrRockingRilo]

Ditto on comment about NJ. The retailers are the secondary market. I've seen for as much as $299. They of course blame the distributors, but I'd need to see their wholesale price sheets to accurately assign blame for the absurd prices. Personally I'm boycotting Sazerace and all their allocated products (which are numerous).

[@bloodCount8895]

In my area, Northern Illinois stores are charging up to $250. I haven't found it under $100. I refuse to pay full secondary prices. I want to try it bc I don't collect, I drink my bourbon. But I won't pay $100+ to drink.

[@Valath]

Being somone who has stayed under 80 dollars my 2 favorites are owa 107 and rarebreed being how 107 has hit the 55 dollar mark id rather savew 10 and grab rarebreed!!

[@paulyoshida1747]

Food for thought...I've noticed, over the years, that while blind comparisons are incredibly useful to cut through hype, fomo, and general prejudice, the results don't necessarily correlate 1 to 1 with a normal non-blind experience. And, once you've gotten enough experience(perhaps a few years or more), if you've been doing your homework properly, what I've found, is that a non-blind tasting is frequently more in alignment with the opinion I form of a bottle across a longer time span. Whether a certain bottle did really well in a blind lineup once, doesn't seem to hold as much weight as I used to think. What truly matters to us average folk, is if that bottle holds up over the duration from uncorking to empty(during that time, many things can happen: you experience that drink in various contexts, the bottle can open up, your palate goes through both short and long term stages, and possibly permanently develop as well). Anymore, I think blind lineups are more useful as a studying/practicing strategy in order to hone and test your senses. The direct comparison, side by side with other bottles is also what throws a wrench in things. It creates a specific context for your senses. If that context didn't matter, no one would bother with food parings. It obviously does. And it is quite possible for another bottle to greatly diminish the experience of its competitor. The blind comparisons seem to get less useful the more different the bottles are. And, if the whiskey is particularly complex(possibly older), a blind comparison can just be plain confusing. The simpler and more similar the whiskies, the more blind comparisons tend to hold up. Anyway...as I said, just one man's experience and opinion. Best of luck to y'all.

[@stuffandwhiskey]

Great comment Paul! We'd agree that the results don't correlate 1-to-1 with a non-blind tasting, which makes sense as the label and brand definitely do influence us all, but where we find blinds to be most helpful is as an informative tool. Take the non-blind experience, combine it with the blind experience, and taste again non-blind to get a fuller picture. Same reason it's important to have the same pour on different days to see how it may read differently to you. That said, blind for us is still the most fun way to taste whiskey, and it's still the least bias way possible to form an opinion on a bottle. And truly double blind head-to-heads are that much more fun and informative as the comparison can say a lot. For instance the Antique 107 opinion I had here where I thought it was one of my favorites, and while I still clearly enjoy it, I have found things in blinds that I find preferential. Going back non-blind, those same feelings hold up, but I may have never discovered that preference ahd I never tried them blind and given myself the opportunity to appreciate something else due to bias.

[@umami0247]

The only way I could get this would be to camp out at a ridiculous hour and I’m not that guy. I’m not worried about getting it either the bottles I get regularly and are always on the shelf is good for me.

[@IzzosPlace]

I love this at retail. With this and eagle rare my personal limit on over paying is $80 and that’s only if I don’t have one currently. Gonna blind it soon.

[@Robert.Sheard]

Lucky it's still just $56 in NC, but a challenge to find here. I wouldn't blink at paying up to $100 for it.

[@adamhyman2625]

I think the real hitters are OWA SPs ! Had some that beat out ORVW in blinds!

[@SirOttis]

OWA is the best Weller to me. And at 100 🦌 I will keep a few around.

[@Mouse2677]

Very Helpful on Weller 107!!!

[@tjg9950]

Never available in Atlanta. Paid double for it when my wife went to Kentucky last year, smh.

[@bigdaddychud]

My favorite but not worth the hunt even at MSRP, just too many collectors . Nelson Brothers Reserve was shown to me as an option and it is pretty good, and cheaper and more available.

[@rhayes458]

Great video! Thanks for sharing. What are some more available wheaters that you would suggest blinding the OWA against? Cheers!

[@stuffandwhiskey]

Maker's Cask Strength and 46 Cask Strength are the perfect alternatives, as are Rebel 10 year and Boone County 7 year wheaters if you can find them in your market (we can't in ours).

[@msglenn2581]

MSRP is still $49.99, which is what I bought it for last year.

[@doughemi]

Haha...more 'candy talk' w/ the Sweet Tart and Jolly Rancher on the nose. Never been able to find a bottle of 107.

[@stuffandwhiskey]

We do love our candy!

[@JenkinsB]

Paid $60 for a store pick and it was the only time I've seen it for retail ANYWHERE. Its decent but I wouldn't pay that for it again. Great example of people giving into the hype and thinking they're gonna be cool for "finding" a bottle.

[@Neil60121]

How do you keep your records of tasting? I can’t remember what I have tried

[@stuffandwhiskey]

A lot is simply cataloged in memory, and the truly special stuff stands out while the more forgettable stuff slips away, but we do have a notebook for channel tastings.

[@ryandonais7231]

One of the best bourbons ever, full bodied flavor

[@sugarkitty4777]

Granny Smith is not a good sign - too young and the cut was probably off a bit. But also sounds like you got a better than average bottle. Now if it was only sold for under $150 here in NJ. But compare with anything of the Makers line that you get everywhere for $40? Even the $60 price tag is a stretch.

[@chrisredmill9045]

Haven’t tried it yet found a bottle of full proof go $348 just didn’t see it so I passed

[@Independent58]

107 is worth MSRP but not over that and definitely not worth secondary prices.

[@brentworls8509]

I like it at retail, which went up in Ohio for 2024 to $55.99...

[@p4lxrich]

Did you ever try the non chill version of this ?

[@stuffandwhiskey]

Only a few select store picks. For some reason, we don't notice a huge different in NCF vs chill filtered Weller Antiques. It's not much of a texture difference but the flavor profile differences of store picks can certainly be fun.

[@hanqb10]

Prediction: this is readily available in all markets at $65 or less within the next 2 years. Have already started to see retailers that had been marking 107 up to over $150 slash prices. There are too many good alternatives entering the market…great for us!

[@VanBourbonBoy]

Love OWA. Nuff said!

[@877-MASH-NOW]

WHISKEY CHEERS 😎

[@troybucher6383]

Official trading currency in Ohio. So many cases sitting in peoples basements.

[@stuffandwhiskey]

Pretty much!

[@Lawnshrooms]

Erin is morphing into a tater!! One of us! One of us!

[@stuffandwhiskey]

Comment of the day! 😂😂

[@waydechristophel6148]

Antique 107 is One of my favorites!! Love Full proof more but solid.

[@TheFlabowler]

This is one of a very few bourbons that I will pay "up" for. Thankfully, I have been able to pick them up at SRP so far

[@robschoenung9543]

Went up from $49.99 to $55.99 in Ohio. I think $65-$70 would be my ceiling.

[@jdickinson1977]

Love OWA!

[@rickypastor4070]

What year is the bottle from? I find a good bit of variation in other wellers year on year. I live in your market and it is hard to find this one. Thanks

[@stuffandwhiskey]

Variation definitely exists in all products over time. We got this one last year.

[@brorjace1980]

Yeah, I’ve seen this for over $200.

[@stuffandwhiskey]

It definitely gets marked way up in some spots.

[@mell_gif]

Watch out America's Got Talent! 🤭🤭😄😄

[@swordsworn7]

No

[@caseyD2016cubs]

Wish they would stop sending all of it to Ohio so all Ohioans would lose their minds, and their flipping income.

[@dane5896]

No, not worth it. 👎 As an avid whiskey fan, this bottle took me longer to finish, than any other bottle. Three years, I was not drawn to it at all.

[@mikem4432]

no,.. its allocated and not worth the markup.. if you can find it on the shelf at MSRP.. its WAY overpriced. Buffalo Trace hype

[@roscoepcoltrane23]

Not for me. Not a Weller fan.

[@redhead56]

Not worth the money or hunt many others are better bottles

[@DPTX]

Shows you that blinds aren't everything.

[@stuffandwhiskey]

How so? To be fair, nothing is everything, but everything can play into an informed opinion. Just curious if you can elaborate a bit on what you mean.

[@DPTX]

@@stuffandwhiskey My comment wasn't implying blind tastings don't have a place. You mentioned a few times that 107 doesn't do well in blinds, but when drinking it "in a vacuum" it's really enjoyable. I was referring to this, and to the people that think the only way to really judge a whiskey is to taste it blind, without bias.

[@rickrichardson245]

No chance of getting this in Virginia. And no thumbs up on this one. Can we stick to something which 90% of us can GET and AFFORD?

[@stuffandwhiskey]

We cover it all over here. Our Thursday videos especially showcase a lot of available vs allocated stuff in blind tastings.

[@RickFuario]

Sorry you all are not my cup of tea or whiskey. Good luck 👍

[@stuffandwhiskey]

No worries. Nothing is for everyone. Cheers and all the best, Rick.