Bourbon Heritage Month 2020 Day 5: Booker’s Batch 2020-01 “Granny’s Batch”

Booker’s Batch 2020-01 “Granny’s Batch”

Jim Beam

63.2% ABV/126.4 Proof

6 Years, 4 Months, 21 Days Old

Eye: Amber-hued maple syrup. Thin to medium rim bleeds drops and slow legs. 

Nose: Peanut shells and skins, salted and roasted. Peanut bomb throughout without much heat. 

Palate: Roasted peanuts dominate and the heat tingles every corner of your mouth without numbing it from the flavor. Mouth filling, a fantastic viscous mouthfeel.Finish: Long, peanutty with a pleasant heat. 

Overall: Typical Booker’s feel but a very out-there profile that takes the quintessential Jim Beam nuttiness and cranks it to 11. Every part of a peanut comes through from the shell to the skin to the little shards of nut that break off. Deliciously roasty-toasty throughout. Just off-profile enough that I wouldn’t know it was a Booker’s, but I don’t care. Give me this for days. 

Rating: 7.9

10 | Insurpassable | Nothing Else Comes Close (Blanton’s Straight from the Barrel)

9 | Incredible | Extraordinary (GTS, Elijah Craig Barrel Proof B518 and B520)

8 | Excellent | Exceptional (12+YO MGP Bourbon, Highland Park Single Barrels)

7 | Great | Well above average (Blanton’s Original, Old Weller Antique, Booker’s)

6 | Very Good | Better than average (Four Roses Small Batch Select, Knob Creek 14+ YO Picks)

5 | Good | Good, solid, ordinary (Elijah Craig Small Batch, Buffalo Trace, Old Grand-Dad Bottled-in-Bond)

4 | Sub-par | Many things I’d rather have (A.D. Laws Four Grain, Compass Box “Oak Cross”)

3 | Bad | Flawed (Iron Smoke Bourbon, Balcones)

2 | Poor | Forced myself to drink it (Buckshee Bourbon and Rye)

1 | Disgusting | Drain pour (Virginia Distilling Co. Cider Cask)

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