
The second release of Booker's® 2025 Collection is Booker's® Batch 2025-02 "By the Pond" Batch. This batch is named after Dad's beloved backyard pond, a special place where you'd be sure to find him on a sunny afternoon.
TASTING NOTES
Deep Amber
Big and bold, and unmistakably Booker's Bourbon
Aromas of vanilla, spices
Long and delightful
We didn't always have a pond in the backyard. But then Dad decided he wanted one to raise catfish and bluegill, so we'd always have fresh fish for supper. And that was that. Next thing I knew, Dad put me and some buddies to work: digging the pond, filling it up, making it homey enough for those fish. After a few days, the pond Dad had dreamed up was right behind our house.
But it wasn't all smooth sailing. At first, the pond leaked, so we put in a liner held down with big stones. Then, after realizing the city water was no good for fish, Dad rigged a system to bring in fresh rainwater. And finally, we had to figure out what to do about the fifty-foot maple tree looming above it. When its leaves fell, they covered the whole pond. Dad set up a net to catch them on the water's surface, but all he ended up catching was the fish underneath, finding dozens of them tangled up in it each morning. Eventually he put a roof over the pond, and it became something more: a place to reflect. It was where he sat with Freddie as a boy for hours on end, and where he enjoyed plenty of those warm Kentucky days. I think it's one of the places he felt most at peace.
I hope you savor this batch in a place where you go find your own bit of happiness, wherever that may be. So go off, and enjoy.
- Fred Noe, Beam Family 7th Generation Master Distiller
This batch was selected during a very wet spring with some record rainfall in Kentucky. I enjoyed the color of this batch which looked like some of the beautiful horses that will compete in a few weeks for the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May. The nose is very inviting with vanilla and oaky notes that really is pleasing to me.
The first taste I put into my mouth was very nice and had a sweetness I enjoyed so I took a second. The second taste was nice and the finish complemented and completed the experience so well. I feel sure my dad would have enjoyed sipping the "By the Pond" batch sitting by his pond feeding his fish, waiting for them to grow so he could enjoy eating them with some great Booker's Bourbon.
This batch is aged to 7 years, 1 month, and 20 days. The proof of the batch is 126.5, the breakdown is as follows:
11% came from the third floor of warehouse J a nine-story warehouse
11% came from the fifth floor of warehouse 3 a seven-story warehouse
11% came from the fifth floor of warehouse 1 a seven-story warehouse
5% came from the seventh floor of warehouse H a nine-story warehouse
11% came from the fourth floor of warehouse K a seven-story warehouse
11% came from the fifth floor of warehouse L a seven-story warehouse
11% came from the fourth floor of warehouse 4 a seven-story warehouse
29% came from the sixth floor of warehouse G at Waterfill a seven-story warehouse
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