Baker's is one of those bourbons that's found on a lot of bar shelves, and yet seems to have relatively low prestige and brand recognition compared to some of its cousins from Jim Beam. It doesn't carry the actual Beam name, nor is it the iconic cask-strength Booker's or the well-marketed Knob Creek. It just is a good, relatively high proof, decently affordable bourbon. This was another of the drinks I tried toward the end of a long night of New Year's Eve revelry, so my notes aren't the most detailed, but I wrote that Baker's reminded me a lot of Blanton's and was "rye forward to the extreme." This is a complex, spicy expression, with less sweetness and not much of the iconic "Beam funk" that people find in a lot of their other products, such as the Beams, Knob Creek, and Booker's. It's a little generic aside from the spiciness, but worth a try.