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Booker's Bourbon Batch 2019-03 "Country Ham"
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
December 13, 2019 (edited June 30, 2020)
Neat. Neck pour. Immediately Booker’s but also something more. That nutty blast is still there on the nose but there is depth here that was not there on the prior two releases. So much ripe red fruit. Cherries, raspberries, strawberries. Some citrus too, orange peel. Now lemon.
The nose is quite surprising...
Texture surprises too. What the hell, this is the craziest Booker’s. First sip and I think I should buy another immediately...
Back to the texture... it’s watery but not thin. Milky? Tons of vanilla on the tongue initially. On the taste comes the nuttiness but it subsided into all of those fruits yet again. Intense legs on this too. Vanilla and oak all the way down for miles and miles.
Top of mind, best Booker’s regular release ever. The Booker’s qualities I love but then so much more. The watery texture may be the only disappointing trait but calling it watery when it has legs for miles seems odd. After hating the last two releases, Country Ham makes me love Booker’s all over.
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Ok Im with you this is great stuff..........but I really liked the shiny barrel as well. Regardless Bookers is top notch and hard to beat bourbon