Booker’s “Springfield Batch” #2024-01 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

(750ml) ($99.99)

K&L Notes: Named for the small, central Kentucky town of Springfield, the home of Booker’s birth and early life. Booker is said to have gotten his work ethic from his time as a farm hand there on the many tobacco patches and hay farms. This first release of 2024 is blended from 5five production dates across four different warehouse locations. The youngest component is 7 years, 7 months, and 8 days old. The barrel breakdown is 17% 5th floor of 9-story warehouse G, 7% from 4th floor of 9-story warehouse H, 31% from 5th floor of 7-story warehouse Z, and 45% from 4th floor of 7-story warehouse 3.

Andrew Whiteley | K&L Spirits Buyer | Review Date: May 08, 2024

Caramel, peanut butter, toffee, brownie brittle, Heath bar, Luxardo cherries, vanilla pod, tobacco leaf, brown sugar, cinnamon, coffee bean, and wood. And that’s just the nose! Aromatically, this Booker’s is off the charts. The palate, at a hearty 124.5 proof, is a mix of sweet and heat. Sweet wood, butterscotch, caramel, and cinnamon mingle with a pleasant yet prickly backbone. Savory leather and cigar box notes are here too. Cheery cherry and nougat carry into the finish, which is medium in length but big and full in presence. With four releases a year, you might think it’s easy to tire of Booker’s, but the whiskey is always so damn good.

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