Booker's Rye "Big Time Batch" 13yr Limited Edition - 750ml George T Stagg 2016

Booker's Rye "Big Time Batch" 13yr Limited Edition - 750ml George T Stagg 2016Jim Murray's (Whisky Bible) 2016 Whisky of the Year Appearance: A dark, saturated auburn in the glass, Booker's Rye certainly looks its 13+ years. Nose: Although immediately spicy and grain forward on the nose, the dram hardly seems as vaporous as its cask strength of 136. 2 proof made me believe it was going to be. Full, heavy burnt sugar elements rise to the top of the nose, backed by slight styrofoam notes. After opening, orange marmalade and

roasted nut and leather notes

the blenders at Suntory married Hibiki liquid with Sakura cask finished whisky

Only 5000 bottles were ever released

which is only bested in this year’s Antique Collection by the George T

A former constituent of the Miyagikyo core range

To produce it

The Yamazaki 2016 Limited Edition whisky is packaged in a beautiful collector’s bottle which features images of the Yamazaki’s barrel halls and kanji characters for Yamazaki in gold

Yamazaki 18 is widely considered to be one of the finest whiskies produced in Japan and is highly sought after by whisky connoisseurs around the world

Palate: Jasmine

namely being a blend of malt and grain whiskies from the Beam Suntory distilleries of Yamazaki

TN at the George Dickel distillery

It contains more sherry cask-matured whiskies than the standard Yamazaki 12