Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve 9 Year Old

Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve 9 Year Old

This is Knob Creek Single Barrel 9yo. Purchased at Midtown Corkdorks in downtown Nashville about a mile from the Nelson Greenbrier distillery (Belle Meade). Barrel #3422 "hand selected" by the retailer, and they even provided a cool little map of where in the warehouse the barrel was located. Warehouse: E Floor:5 Rick: Cove Barreled:...

Score 91/100

Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve 9 Year Old

From the folks at Beam, Knob Creek Single Barrel is an example of how a whiskey can be greatly improved by increasing the ABV to near-cask strength. It has roughly the same flavor profile as the standard Knob Creek 9 yo—which, at 50% ABV, isn’t exactly kid stuff—but upping the volume by 10% results in a gutsy wallop of fiery candies and corn. I...

Score 91/100

Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve 9 Year Old

An unexpected irony: When I first encountered bourbons, my first purchase in 2013 was Booker’s and I was thoroughly impressed. Given its scarcity in these parts, sometime in 2014 (I believe) I decided to shore up my holdings with a bottle of Knob Creek Single Barrel. This was to be replaceable, less expensive bourbon to stretch my supply of the...

Score 86/100

Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve 9 Year Old

Some things are better as an idea. Some things sound great in theory, but don't always pan out in practice. (Insert communism/capitalism/marriage joke here) Knob Creek Single Barrel may suffer from the same trappings. **What is Knob Creek?** Knob Creek is produced by Beam Suntory at the Jim Beam distillery in Clermont, Kentucky. It is one of the...

Score 80/100