Knob Creek is a small batch bourbon produced by Jim Beam and is distilled in a more traditional form and matured for nine years. Knob Creek Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is an utter classic small batch bourbon from Jim Beam, first created by Booker Noe and introduced in 1992. Dosage: 10g/1 Tasting Notes: Attractive bouquet, with youthful, delicate, creamy hints and touch of yeasty autolysis.

Frank took a look at the 15 year old, while David considered the oldest of the Knob Creek siblings, the 18 year old. Chances are high that every bourbon enthusiast has had a sip of this bottle at some point in their life. You will not be able to complete your purchase of spirit/liquor products if you enter a PO Box or are in one of those locations. Other non-essential cookies are used to track visits anonymously and collect information for making reports.And we finish by meticulously aging our whiskey in white oak barrels with maximum char, for an unmistakable richness and signature sweetness. I’ve heard some speculate that the taste is similar to hazelnuts, but to me it’s straight up roasted peanuts. However, as stated before, I can see this being eye opening for someone at a very particular point in their bourbon journey. Nor would I describe myself as anything of a Knob Creek fanboy; it misses the mark on occasion, at least for my palate. Bottles were 100 proof and aged for 14 years, which is 5 years longer than the Original 100 and Knob Creek Single Barrel.

When prohibition was lifted in 1933, the sudden demand for bourbon presented a dilemma for whiskey-makers as they had to contend with the difficulty of starting distillations from scratch while emerging in a new, competitive market. Knob Creek is an American brand of Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey produced by Beam Suntory (a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings of Osaka, Japan) at the Jim Beam distillery in Clermont, Kentucky.The whiskey is part of the Small-Batch-Bourbon-Collection and is considered as a beginner variant in this series. Some people throw out 75/13/12, some throw out 77/13/10 and some even say that it’s been rocking the 78. In the midst of a industry-wide rush to sell, barrels that had hardly been aged were utilised and quality was often the casualty.