Booker's reviews

I've avoided this moment for three years. As a less than moderate (more like mild) drinker, I've had trouble keeping up with all the malts I want to try, let alone, branch out into bourbons or rye. But…

This is my first bourbon review, so be gentle. I'm not a bourbon guy. I've tried various expressions at various times throughout my life, and I never fell in love with it. My reactions to bourbon are…

This stuff changes with time, as to be expected. The changes are dramatic, and worth the wait.Give this stuff at least 15 minutes in the glass before you put your big ugly lips on it and start sucking…

Nose: Dry, vanilla, honey, sweet apple and rich smokePalate: Strong cedar and oak, a plank of wood to gnaw on. Cloves and cardamon in the saw dust. The rich smoke is always present, just waiting for the…

Booker's small batch bourbon is the top-of-the-line product of the Jim Beam distillery. It is an uncut, unfiltered, bottled-straight-from-the-barrel bourbon that comes in at a whopping 130 proof. But…

My wife, brother and sister in law and myself recently got back from a trip to our local whisky bar, Helvetica, where we got to try quite a few new whiskies.The Hakushu 18 yr old (meh at best), the…

To be specific on the batch this bottle came from the batch No is: C04-A-28.Nose: buttered corn, pastry, mild cigar tobacco, hard candy's and some sweet nuttiness, has a very 'thick' quality about it,…

Nose: Raw and bold. Charred oak coated with sugar, vanilla, egg nog, pralines, vinegar, a bit of pepper. Really inviting.Taste: BOOM salted caramel! Nuts and sweet milk chocolate. As dbk put it, it's…

Wonderful!

Waxed bottle. Served neat. Appearance: Very deep reddish amber, one of the darker whiskies I've seen. Thin, delicate tears fall in 360 degree circumference on the glass.Nose: Spicy, candied orange peel…