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Reviewing the latest release from Jim Beam's Little Book annual release, Chapter 3: The Road Home. This year’s edition, Chapter 03, has been titled “The Road Home.” Chapter 03 is a unique blend of bourbons: 9 year old Knob Creek, 9 year old Basil Hayden's, 11 year old Booker's, and 12 year old Baker's. The blend is bottled uncut at 122.6 proof and is available nationwide. #RyeWhiskey
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Hey guys, it's been a little bit since I've done one of these individual reviews, but today I wanted to review Little Book Chapter 3, The Road Home
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So for those of you that don't know, Little Book is the annual release from Freddy No, who is actually the son of the current master distiller, Fred No
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So there's been two other releases, one in 2017, one in 2018, and they're all vastly, vastly different
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But this year's release is called The Road Home, and it's the one that I'm actually the most excited about
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So if you don't know, this little tag comes on to give you a little info about what it is
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But basically, The Road Home is a combination of 9-year-old Basil Hayden's, 9-year-old Knob Creek, 11-year-old Booker's, and 12-year-old Baker's
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So that's right. This is a combination of Jim Beam's small batch collection
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and they are all bottled at cast strength. They are blended together
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I'm really excited about this one. It actual MSRP is about For some reason not sure why my store had it on sale for So you know I grabbed that up And I actually have already tried a little bit of it My first impressions I wanted to give it a little bit more time to I guess open up
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So let's go ahead and pour our glass of Little Book Chapter 3
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Now the proof on this one is 61.3% alcohol, so 122.6 proof
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I honestly thought it would be a little bit darker using those cast strength reserve barrels, especially those 11 and 12 year old barrels
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But what it lacks on the color, it shines on the nose
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This is so leathery, so oaky. I love, I mean you guys know this, my favorite thing I love about Knob Creek is the over oakiness of Knob Creek, especially some of those older single barrels
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it has that but it has a little bit more I would almost say like a leather note like it's um
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cowboy like if I if I want to imagine what a cowboy smelled like after he bathed and put on
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all of his outfit this is what it would be so definitely got that leather um tobacco note on
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the nose this just smells like a quintessential bourbon this is all the things on the nose that I look for in a bourbon so I really do hope it holds up in the taste So let go ahead and give it a taste
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Very, very similar to nose and very, very good. I mean, I've had the Little Book 2
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pretty recently. That one had a lot of rye in it and it just, it was good, don't get me wrong
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but it wasn't that Booker's Knob Creek, you know, powerhouse. This one, on the other hand, just takes some of that lighter
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some of that fruitier notes that you get on some of these other releases and combines it with the super oaky, deep, dark, rich flavors of a Booker's
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of a Baker's, of a Knob Creek. So I think this is probably one of the best Gem Beam products I have tasted
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other than the Booker's Rye because that was a completely different product, which was incredible. But other than Booker's Ride, this is probably the most aligned with my
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palate Gem Beam product I've ever had. If you're someone that really does love Booker's and loves
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those older Knob Creek store picks you will not be disappointed in this This is a fantastic bourbon It a fantastic combination of all the things that go into it So I commend you Freddie No and I really excited to see more of what he
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does for the company because this is such a delicious bourbon and definitely gets my
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recommendation. If you see on the shelves for reasonable price, pick it up. I know 125 is a
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little much, especially for me. Like I want those guys where $80 is like my normal limit. Like I
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rarely go above $80, which I got lucky on this one. But this is one of the few that I would not
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regret paying $125 for this. This is not an everyday sipper, obviously. It's a special occasion
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bourbon, but it gets my recommendation fully. Let me know what you guys think. If you had this
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if you had any of those little books, what was your favorite? Let me know. So until next time
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I'll see you guys on my next live stream. I go live on Thursdays. So I'll see you guys next week
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Until then, I'm here to help you drink good whiskey. And Little Book 3, very, very good whiskey
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Cheers. I guess I can't cheers you to the bottle. Wait, wait. Cheers
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