Booker's Bourbon Batch 2022-01 "Ronnie's Batch"

Uncorking 🍾 Let sit for about 5 minutes. 👀: Dark mahogany with a little sunset, some ocher, whiskey definitely passes the legs test (sticks to the Glencairn walls); 👃: Ooh some melted and burnt caramel notes, strong ethanol burns my nose hairs, cherries, possibly cherry coke, root beer tingles, oak and vanilla are there but not at the forefront; 👅: Fizzy cola, caramel continues into the palate, the oak comes out and you taste it, vanilla also, a little kettle corn at the end; 🏁: Short finish, short but beautiful, definitely a good one.

3.5 stars - Very good. 750 ml bottle. Not your classic Booker’s. This tastes like Baker’s or what I would imagine a cask strength Evan Williams to taste like. Lots of sweet corn, peanut and oak. The normal Booker’s flavors of hay barn, dusty oak, and leather are turned down to a whisper. Surprisingly easy to drink neat. Yeah, this definitely tastes just like Baker’s.

Dusty peanuts light oil. Peanut brittle, baking spice and black pepper finish a bit less than OTHER Booker's releases. Coconut & long chewy dark caramel. Later in the glass some chocolate notes. Ronnie's Batch is mandatory to have water. Not as epic as other releases but still wonderful.

Good, one noted with cinnamon, good pour but not complex enough to be great.

Vanilla, brown sugar and caramel with a hot tamale finish