Review: Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve Bourbon Barrel #3402 NHLC Collection
Remember that time that the New Hampshire Liquor Commission bought 15 barrels of Jack Daniel’s, the largest single purchase of JD single barrels ever? Well, they did it again, this time with Knob Creek, purchasing 8 barrels and bottling them as New Hampshire exclusives, all 120 proof, 9 years old.
We got a sample from Barrel #3402, complete with an embossed metal plaque on the bottle.
Let’s give this special edition, available only in New Hampshire, naturally, a spin.
The nose is classic Knob Creek, maple syrup-sweet with moderate to heavy wood overtones, backed up by burnt caramel notes. On the tongue, it’s sweeter and more rounded than the 60% abv would make you expect, but the brown sugar and syrup notes quickly burn off, replaced by notes of cinnamon red hots and cloves. The finish brings out the wood again, here more clearly oak than the spicy cedar you can get in standard Knob Creek, with simpler vanilla and caramel notes rounding out the finish. Don’t be afraid of a little water to smooth out the edges.
The Granite State has done a bang-up job with its single barrel selections of late, and this Knob Creek special bottling stands at perhaps the top of that list.
120 proof.
A / $47 / liquorandwineoutlets.com
Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve Bourbon Barrel #3402 NHLC Collection
$47
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