I didn’t notice it had ever left, however Baker’s 13 is again in the marketplace, returning to retailer cabinets to present drinkers a contemporary style of this basic expression with 6 additional years of age on it. Initially launched in 2019, it grew to become an on the spot basic and a worthy improve to Baker’s 7 when extra celebratory tipple was so as.
Have issues modified within the final 5 years? Let’s give the whiskey a contemporary strive — with the caveat that, once more, it is a single barrel launch so mileage will range greater than standard. In search of the barrel quantity? It’s embossed on the metallic neck ringer.
I’m joyful to report that each one the issues we’ve come to count on and love about Baker’s stay in impact right here, the whiskey nonetheless shining fantastically — although it’s not with out some tonal shifts. A contact of peanut and caramel corn cleared the path, butterscotch and peppermint tempering the extra anticipated fruit-driven notes of the bourbon — a basic, amply aged Jim Beam-distilled composition. The palate is refined and clear, mint notes once more driving the expertise alongside a basic peanut butter character. Silky milk chocolate affords a soothing and instantly dessert-like high quality, whereas the long-lasting cherry notes of Baker’s are saved in reserve — current, however quiet. In a departure from my 2019 bottle, baking spices are minimized whereas notes of brewed tea come extra to the forefront of the end. An echo of peanut butter cookie dough lingers for fairly awhile, alongside a evenly tannic punch of oak.
107 proof. Reviewed: Barrel #224728.
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Baker’s Single Barrel Bourbon 13 Years Previous (2024)
$130
