Booker's 2023-01 Charlie's Batch: 126.6 Proof, 7 Years 1 Month 8 Days

Booker's Bourbon is bottled the way Booker Noe drank it: pulled from the center of the rackhouse, uncut with water and never filtered. This batch lands at 126.6 proof (63.30% ABV) after exactly 7 years, 1 month and 8 days in oak. Booker's prints the age to the day, which no other major bourbon does.

Charlie Is a Real Person, and He Makes the Boxes

Charlie's Batch honors Charlie Hutchens, the craftsman who handcrafts the wooden boxes that every bottle of Booker's ships in. He started his career working at the Booker Noe Distillery, then opened his own cabinet shop and built the very first Booker's boxes in his garage.

That box is a large part of why Booker's became a recognizable brand on a shelf, which makes Charlie one of the few people outside the distilling floor that Beam has ever named a batch after. Fred Noe, the seventh generation Master Distiller, selected the barrels.

Where It Came From

2023-01 was blended from barrels aged in five different warehouse locations. That is the point of chasing Booker's batches: change the warehouses and the floors and you change the whiskey, and no batch is ever made twice. Original release was April 2023 at $89.99. It has been out of distribution since.

Tasting Notes

• Nose: Balanced oak with toasted nuts and vanilla, roasted peanut behind it, and no excess wood.
• Palate: Deep and complex. Dark caramel and cinnamon over vanilla and charred oak.
• Finish: Long and warming, closing on oak tannin and sweet spice.

How to Enjoy

• Neat first: barrel proof bourbon deserves one honest sip before anything else.
• Then a splash of water: at 126.6 proof it blooms and the fruit steps forward.
• Side by side with 2023-02: the Apprentice Batch is 125.5 proof from six warehouses. This one is 126.6 from five. Same year, same distillery, two different whiskies.

Product Details

• Distillery: James B. Beam Distilling Co., Clermont, Kentucky
• Style: Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, small batch, uncut and unfiltered
• Batch: 2023-01, Charlie's Batch
• Proof: 126.6 proof (63.30% ABV)
• Age: 7 years, 1 month, 8 days
• Barrel Source: Five warehouse locations
• Selected by: Fred Noe, seventh generation Master Distiller
• Released: April 2023
• Bottle Size: 750mL
• Shipping weight: 5 lb

Note: this is batch 2023-01 specifically, at 126.6 proof. Beam prints the same UPC on every Booker's batch, so always check the neck tag rather than the barcode to confirm which batch you are buying. Every Booker's batch has its own proof, age and barrel sourcing, and they are not interchangeable.

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