Booker's Bourbon Batch 2023-01 "Charlie's Batch"

Booker’s 2023-01 “Charlie’s Batch” Nose: Fresh baked blondies with walnuts, cooked via a dutch oven by the campfire. Palate: The traditional Beam salty nuttiness is there, but there’s also a dark, rich honey that immediately pours over those initial flavors. To my palate, every bit of the 126.6 proof is present. It’s a smooth, viscous mouthfeel of a much older bourbon that the 7 year age statement on this batch. Finish: Charred oak gives way to a tart cherry soda. Final thoughts: It’s a crazy good sub $100 bottle. I don’t have a long history with Booker’s, but comparing it to other bottles on my shelf at the $100 to $125 price point, this is a top contender. If you see it at SRP, up to $125, put it on your shelf. It hits way outside of its SRP price tag.

Cinnamon and lime on rhe nose. Rich and sweet, peanut brittle and spice. Sucrose has a heavy, almost syrup-like quality. Toffee notes on finish.

Carmel apple on the nose. Pallet starts spicy but finishes long with that Carmel apple and some wood. Another winner from Bookers.

Tried neat rhanks to @Looneyhead while he was visiting us & purchased this bottle. On the nares i get notes of cinammon, sour candy, clove, toast, char, green apple, banana, red hots. On the palate its hot and warm in the back of the throat, and spicy, with notes cinnamon, clove, caramel, and slight vanilla.

Nose: oak, toast, cinnamon, vanilla, brine, cherry. Fruity and sweet on the palate; sweeter and fruitier than expected really, after the nose. Cherry, caramel, cinnamon, oak, ash. Spicy finish. @twostal