Booker’s bottle batch 2024-01
Booker’s bottle batch 2024-01 with box
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2024-01 "SPRINGFIELD" Bourbon

This batch is named after the small town in central Kentucky where my dad, Booker Noe, was born and raised.

Tasting Notes

COLOR

Our darkest and deepest amber and henna color.

 

TASTE

Deep and complex flavors of vanilla, nuts and oak.

 

AROMA

Robust vanilla and caramel notes; slightly smoky.

 

FINISH

Long and full; perfect for easygoing sipping.

 

LABEL INSPIRATION

Fred Noe - Beam Family 7th Generation Master Distiller
Booker’s label sticker 2024-01

THIS BATCH IS NAMED AFTER THE SMALL TOWN IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY WHERE MY DAD, BOOKER NOE, WAS BORN AND RAISED.

Signature of Noe Booker

Dad was a natural storyteller. While out on the road to promote his namesake bourbon, he would tell anyone who would listen about how Booker’s Bourbon came about. Distributors and other industry folks thought Jim Beam hired an actor - that’s how good he was. He told a lot of different stories, but one of his favorites took place during a visit to Chicago. While eating at a nice restaurant, Booker was served a so-called "country ham."

However, it didn’t quite match up to his idea of a true, bona fide country ham. So he leaned over to his publicist and right-hand man and asked him to retrieve the ham he had stashed in his trunk for an upcoming Alaska fishing trip. Booker wanted to show the chef what genuine country ham tasted like. After a bit of back and forth, the ham made its way into the restaurant, where Booker generously shared it with both the chef and the other diners. That story always got the whole room laughing.

Many people think Dad was from Bardstown, the Bourbon Capital of the World, but it wasn’t until later in his adolescence that he moved into the Beam family home there. As a boy, he grew up in Springfield, Ky., a small rural town about 18 miles down the road. While the town has grown over the years alongside bourbon and a few other industries in the area, it was a farming community with many residents working in tobacco when Dad was young. Many, many years before he became the Master Distiller he was known for, he got his sense of hard work from his time as a farm hand in Springfield.

One thing most folks don't know about the Springfield area is that it was where Abraham Lincoln’s legacy began. Beyond that, I’d say Dad is probably one of the more recognizable figures to come from Springfield. Even when he moved away, he spent a lot of time going back for family dinner, holidays and even the extended Noe family reunion every summer.
You never forget your hometown, and this batch is in honor of Dad’s. I hope you enjoy it as much as he would have.

THE FIRST RELEASE OF THE BOOKER’S BOURBON 2024 COLLECTION IS BOOKER’S BATCH 2024-01 “SPRINGFIELD BATCH”

MASTER DISTILLER NOTES

The color of this Booker’s batch is a rich golden amber from over 7 years of aging in the new white oak barrels. The nose has a nice, pleasant aroma of sweet brown sugars and vanilla. The taste is balanced with a pleasant heat. The finish is long and warm which I appreciated during the cold days we experienced in January here in Kentucky.

I know Dad would love tasting this batch and sharing stories about his hometown. I hope you enjoy this first batch of Booker’s for 2024.

Booker’s bottle batch 2024-01 with box and dark background

This rural town in central Kentucky is where Booker Noe, my dad was born and raised.
Booker's label

He worked on many farms when he was growing up, from the hay fields to tobacco patches. The batch is made up of 5 production dates stored in 4 different aging warehouses. The age is 7 years, 7 Months, 8 days and is 124.5 proof. The breakdown of barrel storage for Booker’s “Springfield Batch” is as follows:

17% came from the 5th floor of 9-story warehouse G
7% came from the 4th floor of 9-story warehouse H
31% came from the 5th floor of 7-story warehouse Z
45% came from the 4th floor of 7-story warehouse 3

 

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“FRED, MAKE SURE THEY DON’T MESS WITH MY BOOKER’S.”

Booker’s one request to his son at retirement.

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