Head to head · same category, comparable price
Four Roses Small Batch vs Wild Turkey 101
No flavour axis separates these two, so the choice is price and occasion.
Compiled by WhiskeyCask Editorial · Last verified 2026-07-30
Specifications side by side
| Four Roses Small Batch | Wild Turkey 101 | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Bourbon | Bourbon |
| Origin | Kentucky, United States | Kentucky, United States |
| Age | No age statement | No age statement |
| Strength | 45% ABV | 50.5% ABV |
| Cask | New charred oak barrel | New charred American oak |
| Bottle | 700 ml | 700 ml |
| RRP observed | £34 | £32 |
| Per 10cl | £4.86 | £4.57 |
| Per litre of alcohol | £108 | £91 |
| Chill-filtered | Not stated | Not stated |
What separates them
Both Kentucky whiskies, from different distilleries.
Neither carries an age statement, so neither discloses its youngest spirit.
Cask as each producer describes it: Four Roses Small Batch in new charred oak barrel, Wild Turkey 101 in new charred american oak.
Neither states chill filtration.
Colour: Four Roses Small Batch natural colour, Wild Turkey 101 silent.
Wild Turkey 101: specifications not yet producer-confirmed.
What the price buys
Four Roses Small Batch is £2.00 dearer a bottle than Wild Turkey 101.
Strength keeps that ordering: £91 a litre of pure alcohol for Wild Turkey 101 against £108.
Across the 32 bottles we can cost this way, Four Roses Small Batch is 7th cheapest and Wild Turkey 101 2nd cheapest.
Flavour, compared
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| Axis | Four Roses Small Batch | Wild Turkey 101 |
|---|---|---|
| Peaty | 0 | 0 |
| Sweet | 6 | 6 |
| Fruity | 5 | 4 |
| Spicy | 7 | 8 |
| Woody | 6 | 7 |
| Sherried | 1 | 1 |
| Cereal | 4 | 4 |
| Oily | 6 | 8 |
No axis reaches the 3-point gap we call meaningful. Widest is oily, 6 against 8.
Identical on peaty, sweet, sherried and cereal.
Each bottle in its own right
Four Roses Small Batch
Red fruit and rye spice, cleanly made. One of the few bourbons that tells you its recipe.
Four Roses is one of the very few American distillers to publish actual mash bills: this blends recipes B (60% corn / 35% rye / 5% barley) and E (75% / 20% / 5%). Its single-storey rack warehouses vary only about 8°F from top rack to bottom.
Full record →Wild Turkey 101
Big vanilla, rye spice and heat. The best value proof-per-pound in bourbon.
Full record →Both listed for value and cocktails; only Four Roses Small Batch for transparency; only Wild Turkey 101 for boulevardier.
Where these specifications come from
Producer and retailer pages for Four Roses Small Batch and Wild Turkey 101: fourrosesbourbon.com, wildturkeybourbon.com. Figures are what those pages published when we last checked them, on 2026-07-30.