Booker's 2022-02 The Lumberyard Batch Bourbon Whiskey

Breaking Bourbon called The Lumberyard Batch a true standout Booker's release, and a reviewer who'd nearly quit the brand over rising prices and falling ages said this one brought him back — not solid, excellent. Booker's is the uncut, unfiltered bourbon Booker Noe created in 1988, the first barrel-proof small batch on the market, and every release is a named batch with the age to the day on the label; Lumberyard honors Booker's pre-distilling days working at a Bardstown lumberyard. Fred Noe, seventh-generation master distiller, blended 2022-02 from the standard Beam mash bill — 77% corn, 13% rye, 10% malted barley — entered at 125 proof in #4 char barrels, aged seven years, one month, and seven days, and bottled at 124.8 proof (62.4% ABV), non-chill filtered. Breaking Bourbon found some unique tasting notes for the brand. Whiskey in My Wedding Ring: it's the bourbon Booker Noe supposedly drank, and Lumberyard has everything he'd have liked in spades. Expect the Booker's signature — peanut, vanilla, brown sugar, and cinnamon heat — with more oak and sawdust than usual, a dark caramel depth, and a long, spicy finish. Honest note: Booker's batches vary by design, the price sits around $100, and this is one of the batches the enthusiast consensus says earns it. Neat with a splash, or over a big cube. The lumberyard, seven years on.

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