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Copper & Cask Small Batch Series #011 6 Year Wheated vs Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond 7 Year

Put Copper & Cask Small Batch Series #011 6 Year Wheated next to Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond 7 Year and you have an uncut, high-wheat heavyweight set against a classic, corn-forward stalwart.

Key Specifications

Feature Copper & Cask Small Batch Series #011 6 Year Wheated Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond 7 Year
Type / Style Wheated Bourbon, Barrel Proof Traditional Bourbon
Mash Bill 51% corn, 45% wheat, 4% malted barley 78% corn, 10% rye, 12% malted barley
Age 6 years 7 years +1 yr
Proof 111.2 proof (55.6% ABV) +11 proof 100 proof (50% ABV)
Approx. Price 1 ~$60 – $65 ~$35 – $45 ~$23 less
Availability Limited Widely available easier to find
  1. US shelf prices as of 2026-10; they vary widely by market.

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Flavor Profile

Copper & Cask Small Batch Series #011 6 Year Wheated Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond 7 Year
sweetnessspiceoakfruitheatnuttiness

Axis by axis, biggest gap first

fruit 7/4 fruit: Copper & Cask Small Batch Series #011 6 Year Wheated 7 out of 10, Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond 7 Year 4 out of 10
sweetness 8/6 sweetness: Copper & Cask Small Batch Series #011 6 Year Wheated 8 out of 10, Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond 7 Year 6 out of 10
spice 3/5 spice: Copper & Cask Small Batch Series #011 6 Year Wheated 3 out of 10, Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond 7 Year 5 out of 10
oak 5/7 oak: Copper & Cask Small Batch Series #011 6 Year Wheated 5 out of 10, Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond 7 Year 7 out of 10
heat 7/5 heat: Copper & Cask Small Batch Series #011 6 Year Wheated 7 out of 10, Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond 7 Year 5 out of 10
nuttiness 3/5 nuttiness: Copper & Cask Small Batch Series #011 6 Year Wheated 3 out of 10, Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond 7 Year 5 out of 10

Flavor Profile Differences

The fruit-versus-grain contrast drives this one.

  • Copper & Cask Small Batch Series #011 6 Year Wheated: A very high-wheat bourbon bottled at cask strength. Nearly half the grain is wheat, so it is honeyed and candy-sweet with bright citrus and cherry rather than rye spice.
  • Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond 7 Year: Seven years, bonded, and priced sensibly — the specification sheet reads like something from twenty years ago. Balanced and oak-leaning without ever getting heavy.

Which One Should You Choose?

  • Go with Copper & Cask Small Batch Series #011 6 Year Wheated if you want an extremely wheat-heavy, cask-strength pour that is all honey, candy and citrus.
  • Go with Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond 7 Year if you want a bonded, age-stated Kentucky bourbon that gets the fundamentals right for under forty dollars without hunting for it.

Best enjoyed neat (Copper & Cask Small Batch Series #011 6 Year Wheated); neat, rocks, old-fashioned (Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond 7 Year).