Who closes his eyes and inhales the spicy aroma of Knob Creek Kentucky Straight Bourbon will immediately find himself surrounded by extensive fields and forests.

Chances are high that every bourbon enthusiast has had a sip of this bottle at some point in their life. One of the younger Flor de Caña offerings, this 7 year old rum is perfectly primed for mixing into all your favourite rum cocktails. Now produced at the Jim Beam distillery in Clermont, Kentucky and made with high rye content in the mash bill for a drier and spicier style of Bourbon and bottled at 100 Proof (50% ABV) as are the straight Rye and small batch Bourbon versions.If you continue without changing your cookies settings, we’ll assume you’re happy with the use of all cookies on our site.

I’ve been drinking KC9 for about 25 years, maybe to the point where it’s probably had too much influence on my palate.Knob Creek is a small-batch brand of bourbon whiskey that was created by Jim Beam master distiller Booker Noe to embody the look, feel and taste of pre-prohibition bourbon. Comments: The current cuvee is based on the 2008 vintage with 14% reserve wines from 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005. There are notes of melted salty butter on granary toast, there are notes of toasty oak and a touch of rye with caramel sweetness. I’ve heard some speculate that the taste is similar to hazelnuts, but to me it’s straight up roasted peanuts.

Copper to medium amber in colour, it is a bold balance of deep, pre-Prohibition-style bourbon with a robust oak taste, complemented with hints of smooth vanilla and layered caramel. Sazerac made moves to remove Eagle Rare’s 10 year age statement (by putting it on the rear label temporarily) and demoted Very Old Barton 6 Year Old Bottled in Bond to an NAS, 100 proof version. Knob Creek 18 Year Old: Introduced in 2022, the 100 proof bourbon is the company's oldest expression to date. A now delisted product and hard to get hold of as either the old 9 year old or the non age statement that replaced it. Even when first encountering the aroma you’ll get that mix of spice and sweetness, with granary toast melding with toasty oak and a spicy touch of rye.

Frank took a look at the 15 year old, while David considered the oldest of the Knob Creek siblings, the 18 year old. There’s some magnificent whiskey coming out of Jim Beam, but it’s mostly not bottled under that name. Knob Creek Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is an utter classic small batch bourbon from Jim Beam, first created by Booker Noe and introduced in 1992. The result is an undeniably big, full flavor that strikes your senses with a maple sugar aroma, distinctive sweetness and a rich, woody, caramel flavor. I know I didn’t put this in the review, but I had a chance to sample a NAS Knob Creek Small Batch from 2018 and I could barely find any difference between the two.