Booker’s 2025-01 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

2025-01

The first Booker’s release of 2025, “Barry’s Batch” is named in honor of Barry Berish, former Beam Chairman and CEO who led the company for over 40 years. Berry passed away in early 2024. The batch is made up of barrels from four production dates that were aged in five different warehouses.

Beam bourbons are known for a peanut undertone that’s often present, and Booker’s Bourbon batches tend to frequently highlight this feature to a greater extent. “Barry’s Batch” does exactly that, with peanut at the onset, peanut butter fudge in the midpoint, and a persistent nutty undertone throughout. Splashes of caramel, honey, and graham cracker provide some sweetness and are balanced against cinnamon and allspice on the spicy side. Savory aged flavors of seasoned oak, tobacco, and slight mustiness on the backend of the palate are also present, but only ever so slightly.

Tasting Notes:

Color: Deep Amber

Nose: Peanut, caramel, cinnamon, seasoned oak, pleasant.

Palate: Caramel, peanut butter fudge, cinnamon, allspice, honey, graham cracker, tobacco, slight mustiness

Finish: Cinnamon, allspice, persistent nutty undertone, lingering spice.

Aged: 7 Years, 2 months, 4 days

Mashbill: 77% Corn, 13% Rye, 10% Malted Barley

62.85% ABV / 125.7 Proof

750 ML