booker’s bourbon
The second Bookerâs Bourbon release of 2023 is upon us, and this one dives deep into the Noe family archives for its naming inspiration. According to the official release notes for Bookerâs âApprentice Batchâ: This batch pays homage to the beginning of Booker Noeâs distilling career when he first learned the art of making bourbon…
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For Bookerâs Bourbon fans, 2022 was a year of both creativity and consistency, at least for the first three releases. A lineup of âRonnieâs Batch,â âThe Lumberyard Batch,â and âKentucky Teaâ gives plenty of classic Beam notes with a couple curve ball tasting notes thrown in. (Stewed tomatoes, anyone?) And while there was a good…
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After âRonnieâs Batchâ and âThe Lumberyard Batchâ dropped earlier this year, Bookerâs Bourbon is back with 2022âs third expression: Kentucky Tea. As with all contemporary Bookerâs releases, this one is named for a person, place, or concept near and dear to the Noe family, eighth generation descendants of Jim Beam and Master Distillers at his…
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After waiting nearly half of 2022 for the first Booker’s Bourbon release of the year, we didn’t have to sit long for the second. Around a month after “Ronnie’s Batch” comes “The Lumberyard Batch,” the (relatively) rare edition of this whiskey with an age statement exceeding seven years. According to a Beam press release, this…
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