However, you can also accept or reject further cookies at any time or specify which of these cookies you would like to agree to. 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.

The General Wine Company sources wines from all over the world, but with a particular focus on small, independent producers. You must be at least 18 years of age to purchase and receive wine and spirits in the United Kingdom. International Wine and Spirits Competition Best Rye Worldwide Whiskey) **Knob Creek® Cask Strength Rye Whiskey is quality screened to remove only pieces of charred barrel wood from the liquid. Thankfully, Jim Beam found a way to overcome its inventory shortages and has been able to reintroduce the 9 year age statement.Love it or loathe it, the Jim Beam distillery DNA has been evident in every expression I have tried from Knob Creek. Created to represent whiskey before it was mass produced, Knob Creek embodies the look, feel and taste of pre-prohibition bourbon.

The flavour is pepped up and spice is the central feature with nutty, sweeter notes taking a backseat. It is named after the Kentucky area where Abraham Lincoln grew up, and it is alleged that the creek nearly killed him while he was swimming.

In short I was pleasantly surprised and would grab this bottle in a line up of 50 dollar or less bottles everytime. It’s something I still think about whenever I’m tasting this or any of the other half-dozen labels they’ve rolled out with over the years. For those that have tasted only white label from the Jim Beam distillery, I can understand why they might be reticent to delve any deeper into the Beam portfolio.

In the midst of a industry-wide rush to sell, barrels that had hardly been aged were utilised and quality was often the casualty. Spicy and sweet on the nose, the flavour is vivacious, starting out sweet and nutty with caramel, oak and dark chocolate. Coffee and bitter chocolate notes are hinted at but remain in the background alongside light spiciness. 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. The palate is lively and rich with notes of candy floss and nut oil, as well as a hint of spice and dark chocolate and charred oak. The whiskey is part of the Small-Batch-Bourbon-Collection and is considered as a beginner variant in this series.