Booker's Bourbon Batch 2018-04 "Kitchen Table"

Peanut butter

I had a unique opportunity to try 2018-03 alongside the 04 batch. I ordered a 2 oz pour, and the bar just finished the last ounce of 03 and poured a measure of 04 in a separate glencairn. It might be purely the power of suggestion but I feel like I can taste the additional months in the barrel. In spite of the 04 bottle being newly cracked, it is mellower and sweeter, rounded and richer than the younger, peppery 03. N: Maple syrup and buttered toast, licorice, peanut butter, vanilla, roasted nuts. P: Pecan pie, ice cream, anise, raisins, Graham crackers. F: long, sweet, tannic barrel notes, molasses.

Nose: Incredible nose. Reminds me of Blackberry Brandy. I also get cherry and cedar. Pallet: Fireball cinnamon candy, licorice and hint of peanut. Finish: Nice long finish, but a little bitter (which is not necessarily a bad thing). Great whiskey. Lots going on on here. It's hot, spicy and rich.

Too hot

Neat. Butter and corn all over the initial nose. Floral comes through on subsequent noses. Lots of high sweet notes like vanilla. Thick, syrupy feel. Char and sugar on the initial palate and then wham. So many flavors and waves and it lingers. Damn. Cherries. Vanilla. Clove. Cinnamon. Back and forth with high and dark notes. Just delicious.