Willett Pot Still Reserve Goes Cask Strength: $67, Proof Varies by Batch

Willett Distillery has unveiled the first cask-strength expression of Willett Pot Still Reserve Bourbon. It uses the same mash bill as the standard Pot Still Reserve, 65% corn, 20% wheat and 15% malted barley, and enters the barrel at 115 proof. Unlike the standard release, it is bottled at its natural cask strength, so the proof varies by batch and is printed on each bottle; early retail listings put the first batch around 120 proof. It carries a suggested retail price of $67 and will be released twice a year, on the Spring and Fall Equinox.

We reviewed the standard Willett Pot Still Reserve and scored it 6/10, finding it a solid but unremarkable wheated bourbon at its standard proof. The cask-strength version is the same whiskey with the volume turned up, which is exactly the kind of change that can move a score. We have not tasted it, so no score yet.

Read our Willett Pot Still Reserve review (6/10).

Source: Willett Distillery announcement, September 23, 2026. Read the full release (Breaking Bourbon).