Bookers 8 Years 8 Months Small Batch No. C87-D-21 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 62.45% Vol. - a magnificent old uncut Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey by Booker Noe and Jim Beam!
This exclusive and stunning 8 year 8 month old Booker s Small Batch No. C87-D21 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is a rare Bourbon Whiskey at barrel strength, distilled in the year 1987 and bottled in the mid 1990s unblended and unfiltered at 62.45% vol / 124.9 proof in a limited edition with an individual bottle number for the European market.
The fine vintage 1987 Booker s Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is characterised by its uniqueness and quality and is regarded by connoisseurs as an outstanding representative of bourbon culture. As part of the great Jim Beam s Small Batch Collection, it is produced in small batches by the Jim Beam distillery and is characterised by its purity and strength. Booker s Bourbon has an alcohol content of between 121 and 131 proof and is matured for 6-8 years. Despite its popularity and recognition, the brand does not advertise or have a social media presence, which emphasises its focus on quality and tradition.
The history of Booker s is closely linked to the figure of Booker Noe, a sixth-generation master bourbon distiller who grew up in Kentucky. Booker s was introduced in 1988 as the first mass-produced bourbon to be bottled straight from the barrel, unfiltered and uncut. Booker Noe himself coined the term small batch and contributed significantly to the popularisation of this whiskey category. After his retirement in 1992, he worked as an ambassador for the company until his death in 2004, travelling the world to promote Beam Bourbon.
The great Booker s Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey has an intense aroma of vanilla, oak and smoke. The flavour is complex and intense with vanilla, brown sugar, dried cherries, fruit, tobacco, nuts and fine oak. The intense finish is extremely long-lasting and balanced.
This exquisite vintage 1987 over 8-year-old Booker s Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey and early bottling from the 1990s is a wonderful expression of Jim Beam for connoisseurs, the discerning whiskey collector and lovers of fine old bourbon whiskeys and is hard to find today!
- Typ: Straight Bourbon Whiskey - Distillery Bottling
- District: Kentucky - Clermont
- Vintage: 1987
- Age: 8 years 8 months old
- Year bottled: 1995-1996
- Cask Wood Type: New White Oak
- Alcohol ABV% 62.45 - 124.9 Proof
- Bottling Series: Vintage 1987 Small Batch Limited Edition - Batch No. C87-D-21
- Bottle Size 70cl / 700ml
- not coloured / not chill filtered
- Packaging original wooden boxed (box with traces)
- NOTE: wax capsule with crack!
- Producer/Importer: James B. Beam Distilling Co., Clermont, Kentucky, USA
- Country of Origin: USA - Kentucky
- limited, number unknown - unique old bottling and rare collector s whiskey!
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