Booker’s Bourbon recently made its final release of 2018 – Booker’s 30th Anniversary Bourbon. Widely credited with the creation of the small batch movement, Booker’s 30th Anniversary Bourbon celebrates not only the mark late Beam Master Distiller Booker Noe left on the Beam family of brands, but the impact he had on the whiskey industry as a whole.
Released in extremely limited quantities, Booker’s 30th Anniversary features a mingling of uncut, unfiltered 9-year-old and 16-year-old Kentucky Straight Bourbon whiskies, which together present robust flavor with the brand’s signature notes of vanilla that Noe preferred in his namesake whiskey. Bottled at 125.8 proof, these barrels were aged under the watchful eye of 7th Generation Master Distiller and Booker’s son, Fred Noe.
“It’s a great honor to release Booker’s 30th Anniversary in commemoration of my Dad and the path he paved when he introduced the world to Booker’s Bourbon,” said Fred Noe. “When we first started talking about an anniversary batch, I knew it would have to be something special, and during my final tasting of this extra aged liquid, I knew Dad would have been pleased. I’m proud to carry on his legacy every day and to share this special release in honor of the damn fine whiskey he created 30 years ago.”
In the late 1980’s, the elder Noe set out to create his version of the perfect whiskey – one that offered a full-bodied taste profile, aged between six and eight years, bottled at its natural proof with robust flavors of vanilla. What started as a personal, holiday gift that Booker would share with close family and friends turned into one of the industry’s most influential super premium bourbons.
Each bottle of Booker’s 30th Anniversary is topped with a special silver wax then packaged beautifully in a box made of reclaimed wood from the very rackhouses where Booker once walked as he selected his personal batches of Booker’s Bourbon.
Booker’s 30th Anniversary Bourbon is now available nationwide in extremely limited quantities at $199.99 for a 750 mL bottle.
