SEPTEMBER 2017

KNOB CREEK PRIVATE BARREL SELECTION

A small group traveled to the Jim Beam distillery in Clermont, Kentucky on a beautiful Friday in September.  We selected a delicious bourbon from among the three barrels we tasted.  After the tasting, we enjoyed a BBQ lunch and a tour of the distillery.  Then we helped bottle the bourbon.

Our barrel of Knob Creek bourbon was created March 6, 2008 from a mash bill of 75% corn, 13% rye and 12% malted barley, and was aged 9.5 years in a #4 char barrel.  It was at 127.8 proof when we tasted it.  The barrel was stored on the 5th floor of Warehouse E, rack/tier (23)1, Lot 08C06.  It was a very full barrel, yielding about 180 bottles.  It was bottled at 120 proof in 750ml bottles.  Each bottle has a metal plate with the barrel number and noting that it was selected by the Bourbon Brotherhood.

Photos courtesy of Yono Photographer.  Video by Bruce Corwin.

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