Booker's Bourbon 2021-03 Bardstown Batch

Bardstown Batch honors the town Booker Noe lived in for fifty years — the one where he smoked country ham in the backyard and hosted parties the whole community knew about. Booker's is the uncut, unfiltered bourbon Booker Noe created in 1988, the first barrel-proof small batch on the market, and every quarterly release is a named batch with the age to the day on the label; Fred Noe, seventh-generation master distiller, blended 2021-03 from barrels across Beam's Clermont warehouses. It's the standard Beam mash bill — 77% corn, 13% rye, 10% malted barley — entered at 125 proof in #4 char barrels, aged six years, five months, and zero days, and bottled at 125.5 proof (62.75% ABV), non-chill filtered. The Whiskey Jug scored it 4/5, a B+, true to Booker's form. Whiskey for the Ages found it dark, with few fruit notes but equally balanced spice, sweet, and wood — and, tasted beside the Tagalong Batch, said Bardstown fit his profile even better and would earn a bunker spot. Whiskey in My Wedding Ring called it solid in a year he found uneven. Expect the Booker's signature — peanut, vanilla, brown sugar, oak, and cinnamon heat — in a dark, spice-forward, oaky register. Honest note: Booker's batches vary by design and run around $100 now; 2021's third release is one enthusiasts rate above its neighbors. Neat with a splash, or over a big cube. Booker's hometown.

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