Booker's 2019-04 “Beaten Biscuits” is a 6-year-old straight bourbon whiskey produced by Beam. It is bottled unfiltered at 63.05% ABV and made from a mashbill of 75% corn, 13% rye and 12% malted barley.
The finish is a long ride of spice and chocolate-covered almonds, melding with cooked fruit notes of orange and black cherry, as well as cracked pepper. A robust whiskey that carries its heft gracefully, and offers balanced complexity.
Wow, punchy stone fruit I did not at all find on the nose. Very proofy start, but the cherry note is so syrupy and feels encrusted in some light nuttiness. Walnut and hazelnut are the two that jump out at me.
