Beam
Beam
63.25%
7 Years, 1 Month, 20 Days
Booker's 2025-02 "By the Pond" is a limited release Kentucky straight bourbon bottled uncut and unfiltered at 63.25% ABV. Aged 7 years, 1 month and 20 days, it has a suggested retail price of $99.99. Here's how the locations of the barrels in this blend break down: 29% from floor 6 of Warehouse G at Waterfill, 11% from floor 3 of warehouse J, 11% from floor 5 of warehouse 3, 11% from floor 5 of warehouse I, 11% from floor 4 of warehouse K, 11% from floor 5 of warehouse L, 11% from floor 4 of warehouse 4 and 5% from floor 7 of warehouse H.
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Dark and sweet on the nose, with confectioner's sugar, cookie dough, icing and butterscotch pulling together a beautiful, dessert-heavy nose, which is coupled with a darker side: coffee grounds, dark chocolate, black cherry. These two profiles are joined by a bit of spice — gingerbread and a touch of anise — and some milled corn grain.
Oily mouthfeel with a pretty hefty amount of heat — but not too much. The pastry-forward profile from the nose is still here (buttercream, cornbread, peanut brittle) but takes a back seat to a fruitier profile of cherry, peach cobbler and orange peel. Bitter tannin, coffee and tobacco slice through the sweet notes to deliver a beautifully balanced pour.
The finish is long and satisfying: apple pie dusted with cinnamon and served a la mode, plus brown sugar, lemon oil, leather and tannin.
The latest batch of Booker's is really speaking my language. It's big, bold, bruising, flavorful and delicious. A dynamite batch, this Booker's release is dark and brooding but oh so flavorful, well-structured with plenty going on.
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