Booker's reviews

So this is another lengthy, time-lapse review. According to the internet, this is the breakdown of barrels for this particular batch of Booker's:* 4% from the 5th floor of 7-story warehouse ONE* 6% from…

A ‘small-batch’, cask-strength, un-chillfiltered bourbon from Jim Beam. This is as close to tasting a bourbon from the cask as I’m likely to get, which is quite exciting, so here goes. Bottles been…

Unlike the Booker's expressions available in the LCBO (which are the "export" batches), this Fred Noe-signed bottle was purchased by yours truly at the Jim Beam distillery (a mandatory visit for any…

I've had a wonderful Father's Day so far - Pam made me breakfast, then I took Maggie to see Incredibles 2, then a scotch tasting at The Caledonian followed by dinner, and now I've decided to end the day…

This wraps up my reviews of the 2015 series from Jim Beam Booker's Small Batch Bourbon. The final batch has been aged 6yrs 8mo 7days and bottled at 64.05%. Reviewing an entire years worth of batches…

Bookers 2015-5 Maw Maw's Batch64% 6yr 7mo 3daysNose: Tobacco and spice join together like a fine cigar. Alcohol is not at all subtle. Other scents have to be searched out. Adding water brings vanilla…

Booker's 2015-4 Oven Buster Batch 6yr 5mo 20days 63.5Nose: Orange marmalade, amaretto, toasted bread,coffee, brown sugar, cocoa nibsTaste: Wood, raisin, pecan pie, oiled leather. Hints of chocolate,…

In 1988, Booker Noe (Jim Beam’s grandson) introduced Booker’s as a private offering. It was “uncut, straight from the barrel”, which is how whiskey was distributed before the days of bottling, when…

7 years 2 months 28 days in new oak sounds like a great start to a Booker's Bourbon. This batch was also the first tasting panel release of 2015.Sadly I do not agree with the panel's choices on this…

Today's Booker's - obtained through the LCBO - is Batch No. 2016-01E. Strangely, it is not mentioned on the website (which mentions a Batch No. 2016-01 at 63.95%) Was this an errant batch that was sec…