Whisky, US & Canada

Age: 7 years

Proof: 107

Color: Warm amber, tawny, nut brown

Aroma: Fruit, vanilla, caramel

Taste: Toasted nuts, fruit, vanilla, silky texture

Finish: Sweet, smooth, medium-long

Award: Gold Medal Bourbon

- Wine Enthusiast

Comments: "Baker’s is elegant and well-balanced in the palate with a clean finish that follows round smooth flavors of vanilla and caramel." - Wine Spectator

Age: 8 years
Proof: 80
Color: Golden amber
Aroma: Spice, tea, hint of peppermint
Taste: Spicy, peppery, honey, light-bodied, gentle bite
Finish: Dry, clean, brief
Award: Silver Medal Bourbon -Wine Enthusiast
Comments: Basil Hayden's is one of the best ultra-premium bourbons that you can find. It's a good example of what a classic bourbon is like. It's absolutely brilliant. -Spirit Journal

Blanton’s is a handcrafted premium Kentucky whiskey, aged to perfection and bottled one barrel at a time in very limited quantities. The Master Distiller carefully monitors the aging of selected barrels until they reach the peak of maturity. They are never blended, but bottled one barrel at a time by hand. The result is a bourbon of pure and unparalleled perfection. We are proud that this has been recognized by the top tasting experts around the world.

Booker's Bourbon is the only uncut, unfiltered, straight-from-the-barrel, connoisseur's sipping bourbon available today. It's bottled at its natural proof of between 121 and 127, and aged between six and eight years. Booker Noe, Jim Beam's grandson and master distiller emeritus, hand selects each barrel that will become Booker's Bourbon. Each one is aged in the very center of the rackhouse where the temperature and humidity combines in the perfect proportion for the finest bourbon. This is truly the absolute best bourbon available.
"A tasting of Small Batch Bourbons left me in awe of Booker's." - The Chicago Tribune

Tasting Notes
Age: 6 to 8 years
Proof: 121 to 127
Color: Deep, rich, smoky amber
Aroma: Big oak, vanilla, smoky charcoal
Taste: Intense, fruit, tannin, tobacco
Finish: Clean, long, intense

90-95 Points - Wine Enthusiast, September 2006
"An intensely grainy bouquet. The palate entry is corny sweet and nearly honey-like; at midpalate the core flavor of sweet corn mash remains while tastes of buttered popcorn, brown sugar, and nougat expand. Finishes with a spurt of fire and lots of long, corny/grainy tastes. Should be part of every serious whiskey-lover’s collection."

The only Canadian whisky blended before aging in used white oak barrels for a full six years. CC's smooth, clean taste is unsurpassed.

A blend of the finest Canadian whiskies. The whiskies selected for Crown Royal are always the smoothest and mellowest. Fully matured in specially selected oak casks, it is a perfect balance of smoothness and strength.

"A premium Single Barrel Bourbon with a taste you'll want to savor again and again. Complex, full bodied and surprisingly smooth with a delicate long finish that’s unbelievably mellow. Contains hints of ripe plum and cherry tastes with fruity, spicy aromas including maple syrup and cocoa. Drink straight up or on the rocks. 100 proof." -The Distillery

96-100 Points - Wine Enthusiast, June 2008
"The nosing passes find luscious notes of dark chocolate, toffee and hemp with fruity elements added in the latter sniffing stages. The palate entry tastes are biscuity and vanilla bean- and toffee-like; at midpalate the flavors turn resiny and rancio-like, citrusy, and caramel corn concentrated. Finishes with a seductive maple-like flavor. A fabulous small batch Bourbon."

85-89 Points - Wine Enthusiast, December 2004
"The opening inhalations offer succulent scents of fresh flowers, new oak, light caramel and butter; air contact allows the aroma to develop only modestly. Palate entry is seamless, off-dry and slightly nutty/oaky; at midpalate the taste veers to the fruity/grainy side of the flavor spectrum. Finishes slightly raw."