Booker’s Batch 2018-01 ‘Kathleen’s Batch’ 750ml 127.4 Proof (63.70%)

Limited Edition Bottle No.1 from the Booker’s 2018 Batch Collection.

Details
750ml: 63.7%alc (127.4 proof)
Bottler: Beam Suntory
Age: 6 years – 3 months – 14 days
Release Date: 2018
Batch No: 2018-01
Bottler: Distillery bottling
Cask Strength

Bottling Notes

Booker’s “Kathleen’s Batch” was selected by master distiller Fred Noe, Kathleen and the Booker’s Bourbon Roundtable. The batch is made up of barrels from five production dates aged in several different locations within three warehouses. The batch is named in honour of Fred Noe’s good friend Kathleen DiBenedetto, who played an essential role in launching the Small Batch Bourbon Collection with the late Booker Noe in the early 90s. She was the first brand manager of Knob Creek, Basil Hayden’s, Baker’s and Booker’s and helped pave the way for the premium bourbon category we all know and love today.

Booker Noe’s son, Fred Noe who is the current Master Distiller of Jim Beam and the great grandson of Jim Beam himself comments:
“From the start, Dad put Kathleen to work at the distillery, assigning her to nearly every job until she knew the ins and outs of how bourbon is made, the Beam way……… In September 2015, Kathleen’s contributions to the bourbon industry were recognized when she was inducted into the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, and she sure deserved it.
After more than 25 years with the Beam business, our family thinks of Kathleen as the daughter Dad never had. I know he’d be proud to honor her with a batch of his namesake Booker’s Bourbon. It’s a small token of “thanks” for the heart and hard work she’s put into our brands all these years”.