Booker’s Bourbon Launches ‘The Reserves’

The identical week that Jim Beam introduced the first line extension for Little Book, the corporate has now unveiled the primary innovation from Booker’s Bourbon since 2019 — Booker’s Bourbon “The Reserves.”

The 2024 expression is the primary of a brand new, annual limited-release sequence by Freddie Noe, 8^th Technology Grasp Distiller, to commemorate his grandfather, 6^th Technology Grasp Distiller Booker Noe, a pioneer of premium bourbon.

The Reserves honors Booker’s legacy by making a full-flavored American Whiskey impressed by how Freddie believes his grandfather would make whiskey in modern-day, the corporate says.

The primary launch of The Reserves is an 8- to 14-year-old mix. As at all times, this Bookers is uncut and unfiltered, cask energy, and pulled from the middle reduce within the warehouse, following Booker’s imaginative and prescient when he created his influential Small Batch Bourbon Assortment.

Because of the shortage of the barrels, this bottle will launch in smaller portions than the 4 yearly Booker’s Batches. The Reserves makes use of fewer, and older, barrels within the mix, meant to realize a layered and sophisticated taste profile.

“I created ‘The Reserves’ sequence to commemorate my grandaddy Booker,” says Freddie. “Liquid like this will take some time to seek out, however after I do, it feels just like the Huge Man himself picked them out. It’s simply the sort of Bourbon I consider my grandaddy could be making if he had been nonetheless alive with us now.”

The 2024 launch spans eight manufacturing dates and eight completely different warehouses, these barrels had been aged as follows:

• 8 Years, 2 Months, 12 Days on the 4th flooring of warehouse G
• 8 Years, 5 Months, 19 Days on the fifth flooring of warehouse I
• 8 Years, 5 Months, 20 Days on the fifth flooring of warehouse Z
• 9 Years, 2 Months, 3 Days on the fifth flooring of warehouse Q
• 9 Years, 2 Months, 4 Days on the sixth flooring of warehouse J
• 9 Years, 5 Months, 18 Days on the seventh flooring of warehouse H
• 10 Years, 3 Months, 2 Days on the 4th flooring of warehouse X
• 14 Years, 4 Months, 16 Days on the sixth flooring of warehouse I

On the nostril is notes of dried fruit and nuanced brown sugar sweetness, the distillery experiences, earlier than a palate of wealthy vanilla with hints of charred oak. The end brings lingering notes of baking spice.

Booker’s Bourbon “The Reserves” 2024 Restricted Version Bourbon rolls out in restricted portions nationwide throughout the U.S. The steered retail worth is $129.99 per 750-ml. bottle.