Hey guys, at the end of last year you asked distillers to create more quality budget releases. It seems to me that several have stepped up. How about doing a year end review and blind of the best budget whiskeys released this year?
Great review! I am a bourbon newbie and have used your post titled "Top 15 Bourbons "Best Bang for the Buck" as a guideline. As of now, I have purchased 6 bottles and love them all. Still looking for the rest. Thanks for your information.
Same. That said I'd love to try this Bookers. Jim Beam profile is my jam. I like spice, nuts, smell of leather and tobacco and don't generally love really sweet bourbons.
I didn't even know OGD 16 year was a thing until I got an email yesterday saying a local store was having an raffle and it was one of the bottles available to get picked to buy.
3:46 Jim Beam does some really high class stuff. Knob Creek 9 is IMO the best basic bourbon out there now that Balcones has quit making bourbon, and the 12 year is even better. Right now I'm drinking a 9 year old Knob Creek store pick - it's my third bottle - and it's superb. The Old Grand-Dad 114 is very good also, and the Black 7 year is good everyday bourbon. Jim Beam isn't just that mediocre brown water they put a white label on...but of course y'all know that. 🙂
My favorite thing about the Reserves release is that the brown wax is an iconic color for Bookers. The original releases had brown wax, and they eventually switched over to the black wax.
My fear is that the old grand dad 16 is going to be impossible to find for close to msrp for 90% of people…hard for me to actually get excited for it because of that, even though I love the current offerings
Tried them both last week at the Beam bar. Left with the Infinite myself. It just hit more in my palate. You guys need the new Bakers High Rye! It was my favorite of the trip.
The sunshine is in Europe for months now. It's all over the shelves right beside apple, peach, chery and the normal JB. Harder to get are older JB and special products. The prices are also secondary.
Beam Suntory has produced cocktail focuses releases before. The Suntory Toki was pitched as a cocktail (or highball) focused Japanese Whisky. It would make sense they might try a Bourbon counterpart. Cheers.
You paid 149 for the little book? I live in Florida and its selling for 219+tax! I passed it up. I just got the bookers 2024-03 in Virginia. Haven't seen it by us yet. Haven't cracked it yet. Do a review on 2024-03 please!!
How would this compare to beam 7yr? Also I think the beam sunshine also is an American answer to the scotches like Glenmorangie that have done the same thing
Picked one of these up back in February at the distillery, they were selling the 200ml cube bottles at the register for $35 each. I’ve not opened it but I’m gonna savor it.
Jim Beam is KILLING it this year. The 7yr is a nice budget age stated (but not good IMO), the Winter Reserve is a good budget toasted finished 6 year (actually good IMO), The Reserves, The Infinite (EXCELLENT), and OGD 16...also excellent. Their pricing, overall, remains very reasonable even though they are part of a multinational conglomerate. They are also rocking tons of high age stated products - KC 18yr, Bakers 13yr, Old Overholt 10yr rye, KC 10yr rye, OGD 16 yr... Heck the Infinite and the Reserve both have very old whiskey in them too. I buy pretty much every release from Jim Beam I can find and I'm never disappointed outside of Booker's. The last 2 little book chapters have been outstanding and the Infinite is on par with some of the best whiskey released this year outside of Russel's 15... OGD 16 is great and I would say it's very comparable to a Russel's 13. If OGD 16 was closer to 115 proof it would be comparable to a Russel's 15. Very easily the best Beam product I've tasted this year.
SLB Classics 0:02 Trenton brings down some fancy boxes 0:39 one of these times Trenton will get the pun 🥜 1:08 well done Kyle 1:19 Trenton struggles with words 2:08 livestream Friday! 2:13 Trenton sneaks off 2:34 Trenton does know how to read 3:05 so close on lots of info 3:35 Trenton face 4:21 some fun BTS info 4:25 Trenton pretends he knows what a pie tastes like 5:03 get the shnoz in there Kurt 7:08 the curtain still hides all the secrets 8:32 Trenton will eventually learn to pre-read 9:04 magical infinity barrel 9:17 well done Kyle 10:10 suntory has spies everyone, especially in SLB 12:15 Trenton is now a hand model look out world 14:09 3 sip method still going strong 15:00 JUICY 15:47 Trenton tries breaking things 15:59 magic bonus review?!? 16:12 Trenton is bringing down the budget stuff on the regular 17:11 Kurt needs to be cut off, much spillage 18:12 Trenton confuses sugar and salt, easily done 18:45 mistakes were made but it’s fine 19:40 cocktail show coming soon?!? 20:08 does Trenton even have any kidneys left? 20:54 Trenton wants more Jim beam rye 21:17 now Kurt is speaking to the big wigs 21:30 fun SLBT video and 24 hr livestream 22:08 live stream Friday! 22:22 nice sign off and nod
My disappointment with Jim Beam this year if them discontinuing the 90 Proof Pre-prohibition Rye which has been my "daily" for a while and going back to the inferior 80 Proof Rye.
@@Lawyerboyleslie72 didn't know bourbon was serious business. The whole time I thought it was for fun and the company. I'll need to rethink this bourbon hobby
Hey guys, at the end of last year you asked distillers to create more quality budget releases. It seems to me that several have stepped up. How about doing a year end review and blind of the best budget whiskeys released this year?
Great review! I am a bourbon newbie and have used your post titled "Top 15 Bourbons "Best Bang for the Buck" as a guideline. As of now, I have purchased 6 bottles and love them all. Still looking for the rest. Thanks for your information.
Big fan of everything from Jim Beam.
I have a preference of Knob Creek & Old Granddad which are my favorites in the Jim Beam wheelhouse.
Same. That said I'd love to try this Bookers. Jim Beam profile is my jam. I like spice, nuts, smell of leather and tobacco and don't generally love really sweet bourbons.
If you love Old Granddad you need to try the new high rye LE Bakers 107
@@clmartin22 I have but i still prefer Old Grandad 114 over LE Bakers 107 though i will say i did enjoy it
I didn't even know OGD 16 year was a thing until I got an email yesterday saying a local store was having an raffle and it was one of the bottles available to get picked to buy.
OGD 16yr dropped yesterday in WI!
The OGD 16 year dropped at Colonial Wine and Spirits in Little Rock, AR today and in less than 6 hours, all 4 cases sold. They had it priced at $230.
3:46 Jim Beam does some really high class stuff. Knob Creek 9 is IMO the best basic bourbon out there now that Balcones has quit making bourbon, and the 12 year is even better. Right now I'm drinking a 9 year old Knob Creek store pick - it's my third bottle - and it's superb. The Old Grand-Dad 114 is very good also, and the Black 7 year is good everyday bourbon. Jim Beam isn't just that mediocre brown water they put a white label on...but of course y'all know that. 🙂
My favorite thing about the Reserves release is that the brown wax is an iconic color for Bookers. The original releases had brown wax, and they eventually switched over to the black wax.
I'm a little sad Trent didn't get the "nutty" pun at the beginning
I know; Kurt even gave him two cracks at it!
Love the bracelet! I’ll put mine on today 😂
I'm not typically a jim beam fan but their 7 year black label just did it for me
My fear is that the old grand dad 16 is going to be impossible to find for close to msrp for 90% of people…hard for me to actually get excited for it because of that, even though I love the current offerings
So? Welcome to supply and demand. Buy it or don’t stop crying on the internet.
I feel sorry for you for being such an angry person
It's Beam and it's 100p. Taters won't go hard. *fingers crossed*
That’s not a fear, that’s guaranteed. Unless you buy it from the distillery store at srp.
That’s exactly what will happen
I work at Beam, always cool to see y’all review out stuff
Tried them both last week at the Beam bar. Left with the Infinite myself. It just hit more in my palate. You guys need the new Bakers High Rye! It was my favorite of the trip.
OGD 16 hit shelves in Wisconsin this week.
The sunshine is in Europe for months now. It's all over the shelves right beside apple, peach, chery and the normal JB.
Harder to get are older JB and special products. The prices are also secondary.
Passed on the bookers reserve for a RR15
That RR15 is so good.
If you don’t mind, how much did you pay for the RR15? I saw it in NJ for $500 plus . They’re insane though
@@nickbonvino got mine for 270, but have seen them between 3-400 in stores. Since I have one, I leave it for others to find.
@nickbonvino I was lucky enough to find it at MSRP at a grocery store so 249+tax
Great episode guys, look forward to these.
I think they said the Infinate would be a multi year project. They will be adding to the barrel each year.
It’s a bit nutty
- Austin Danger Powers
The Little Book reserve sounds great but I doubt it'll be available for a while here in Australia 😢
Jim Beam gone wild
Beam Suntory has produced cocktail focuses releases before. The Suntory Toki was pitched as a cocktail (or highball) focused Japanese Whisky. It would make sense they might try a Bourbon counterpart. Cheers.
Maker's Mark Lost Recipe (Mocha) dropped at Costco in Denver today (9/25/24).
I always stay until the end just for the music. Love that tune.
Me as well. Love the piano jazz.
I just bought a Jim Beam Double Oaked and really love it.
What about old overholt 11 year supposed to be coming out. OO 10 YEAR was awesome! And don't forget bakers 13.
Ohio state liquor stores are pricing the little book at 199.99 when it becomes available
I paid 128. In Ohio 4 months ago.
You paid 149 for the little book? I live in Florida and its selling for 219+tax! I passed it up. I just got the bookers 2024-03 in Virginia. Haven't seen it by us yet. Haven't cracked it yet. Do a review on 2024-03 please!!
What is that bookers off screen?
Well now I have 3 new Jim Beams to look for. Repeal batch, winter and sunshine were are you?
Jim Beam Sunshine cocktail review? Maybe a specialty Old Fashioned, a bramble, and/or a Boulevardiae?
How do these compare to my all time favorite: Charlie's batch from last year?
Bet the Sunshine would make a good Old Fashion video. 🤷
Anyone have any specifics regarding this referenced ‘Jim Beam corn whiskey’?
Hardins Creek Golden Origins
Haven’t seen the reserve but I passed on the little book for 200 at a grocery store
How would this compare to beam 7yr?
Also I think the beam sunshine also is an American answer to the scotches like Glenmorangie that have done the same thing
I picked up a little book when I did their tour a couple months ago
Was told Booker's eye is coming out next year
I just got a Knob Creek Single Barrel pick which is straight dark chocolate bomb
Interesting how single barrels differ, mine is straight caramel!
sounds amazing. I like the KC picks but I haven't had anything like that. Lucky. cheers
Sounds like many more bottles the average Joe will never see
Picked one of these up back in February at the distillery, they were selling the 200ml cube bottles at the register for $35 each. I’ve not opened it but I’m gonna savor it.
Is that just a fancy set or a legitimate tavern. I'd spend money there
Jim Beam is KILLING it this year. The 7yr is a nice budget age stated (but not good IMO), the Winter Reserve is a good budget toasted finished 6 year (actually good IMO), The Reserves, The Infinite (EXCELLENT), and OGD 16...also excellent. Their pricing, overall, remains very reasonable even though they are part of a multinational conglomerate. They are also rocking tons of high age stated products - KC 18yr, Bakers 13yr, Old Overholt 10yr rye, KC 10yr rye, OGD 16 yr... Heck the Infinite and the Reserve both have very old whiskey in them too.
I buy pretty much every release from Jim Beam I can find and I'm never disappointed outside of Booker's. The last 2 little book chapters have been outstanding and the Infinite is on par with some of the best whiskey released this year outside of Russel's 15...
OGD 16 is great and I would say it's very comparable to a Russel's 13. If OGD 16 was closer to 115 proof it would be comparable to a Russel's 15. Very easily the best Beam product I've tasted this year.
Hi guys - like your videos. But how can you keep sober?
Try Beer Nuts!
You missed Bookers rye!
do another rye or high rye mash
My new go to budget is Jim Beam Black Label extra age
I will go camp out in a rickhouse !!
SLB Classics
0:02 Trenton brings down some fancy boxes
0:39 one of these times Trenton will get the pun 🥜
1:08 well done Kyle
1:19 Trenton struggles with words
2:08 livestream Friday!
2:13 Trenton sneaks off
2:34 Trenton does know how to read
3:05 so close on lots of info
3:35 Trenton face
4:21 some fun BTS info
4:25 Trenton pretends he knows what a pie tastes like
5:03 get the shnoz in there Kurt
7:08 the curtain still hides all the secrets
8:32 Trenton will eventually learn to pre-read
9:04 magical infinity barrel
9:17 well done Kyle
10:10 suntory has spies everyone, especially in SLB
12:15 Trenton is now a hand model look out world
14:09 3 sip method still going strong
15:00 JUICY
15:47 Trenton tries breaking things
15:59 magic bonus review?!?
16:12 Trenton is bringing down the budget stuff on the regular
17:11 Kurt needs to be cut off, much spillage
18:12 Trenton confuses sugar and salt, easily done
18:45 mistakes were made but it’s fine
19:40 cocktail show coming soon?!?
20:08 does Trenton even have any kidneys left?
20:54 Trenton wants more Jim beam rye
21:17 now Kurt is speaking to the big wigs
21:30 fun SLBT video and 24 hr livestream
22:08 live stream Friday!
22:22 nice sign off and nod
You forgot "21:09 Trent discovers how to jiggle his left eyebrow" 🤣
@@DaveNorton-yi5ix good catch on that!
@@JordanG_3031 lol .. the best part is that he fell in love with it and kept doing it. You'll have to keep an eye peeled for it now 😀
@@DaveNorton-yi5ix the dancing eyebrow! I’ll keep an eye out.
I like old granddad. Tasty bourbon
Please do a disco 12 review by itself before you do all the disco together!!! Good aged wild turkey in there 👌🏽👌🏽
“From what I gather this is made for mixing”.
“Says right here, made for mixing”.
Annnnd we now know exactly how much prep is done before a review lol
where in the heck were you lucky enough to find either of these for $129.99!?!?
he seems to get a lot of the new bottles ASAP lol guess it helps to have a legit YT channel on bourbon.
@@bloodCount8895 lol that probably helps!!
LB Infinite was a little boring for me. Haven’t seen the Bookers Reserves yet, but if it’s the same srp as normal Bookers I will grab one.
My disappointment with Jim Beam this year if them discontinuing the 90 Proof Pre-prohibition Rye which has been my "daily" for a while and going back to the inferior 80 Proof Rye.
Is that the A Overholt Monongahela rye?
Tried both last Thursday at Jim Beam. Both were excellent and I picked up the Little Book. Looking to trade for Blantons SFTB.
Fan of ECBP & Stagg Jr, how does it compare?
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I'm sorry, I can't watch it. Will it ever be released in Germany?😩
How much do they spend on bourbon in a month? Wow
I'm sure some of the TH-cam revenue helps pay those bourbon bills
No more than most of us who take this seriously..3 to 4 grand
@@Lawyerboyleslie72 didn't know bourbon was serious business. The whole time I thought it was for fun and the company. I'll need to rethink this bourbon hobby
I have the Booker's Tag-along bottle and it's so nutty I can't even drink it.
Fair warning, the OGD 16 is fantastic.
OGD 16 is one of the disappointment of the year for sure for close to 200 dollars
@ I’ll agree it’s a bit overpriced, but it’s still very good.
Mash & Drum describes the Little Book as "thin" and not terribly exciting. Interesting both of you neglect to say anything about "viscosity"??
"Not outside the box" Trenton 😅 6:57
Bookers is overpriced….
Over priced.
No Jim Beam product is worth getting excited over