Booker’s 2020-03 Pigskin Batch Bourbon Whiskey

Aged 6 years, 7 months, 7 days; named for Booker Noe’s history as a football player and lover of the game. This is a fairly classic and relatively straightforward bottling of Booker’s. Butterscotch and bacon fat vie for supremacy on the nose, with a light pepper note on top. The palate is a classic mix of caramel, vanilla, and hazelnut, balanced with some spice elements, but nothing out of the ordinary. If this whiskey defies expectations at all it’s on the finish, where some greener elements and ample red pepper pop, giving the whiskey a bittersweet quality that ultimately comes across as fairly rustic, even with water.