Booker’s 2016 Limited Edition Rye ‘Big Time Batch’ 750ml, 136.2 Proof (68.1%)

One of the rarest unicorns in the Booker’s stable. A 13-year-old masterpiece!

Details
750ml: 68.1%alc (136.2 proof)
Bottler: Beam Suntory
Age: 13 years – 1 month – 12 days
Release Date: May 2016
Batch No: 2016 Limited Edition
Bottler: Distillery bottling
Bottle Number: 0735
Cask Strength

Bottling Notes

Here’s your opportunity to own a rare piece of Booker’s royalty, their iconic 13-year-old Rye whiskey. Made from some of the last barrels Booker Noe ever laid down, Booker’s Rye is the first rye whiskey from the brand and was culled from barrels aged in one of Booker Noe’s favourite rack house.

Booker Noe’s son Fred Noe is the current Master Distiller of Jim Beam and the great grandson of Jim Beam himself comments:
“……….. Dad saw the difficult, temperamental rye grain as a challenge – small, but tricky to work with – and he never backed down from a challenge. So, in 2003, he went big and laid down barrels of a rye whiskey in his favourite rack house – creating the first ever Booker’s Rye Whiskey. When you take one sip of Booker’s Rye, you’ll agree that it is Big Time all the way – the first of its kind, uncut, unfiltered, and big in flavour, just how Dad liked it. Barrelled as a small batch late in Dad’s life, Booker’s Big Time Rye is a rare, limited-edition rye whiskey that won’t come around again any time”