Bakers - Wins Awards But Gets No Love Here?

The World Whiskey Awards named it "World's Best Bourbon".
SF's World Spirits Competition 2008 awarded it "Double Gold" a few years running now.

I was wondering why Bakers doesn't seem to get any accolades on this site. I am always tempted to buy it but then someone always seems to scare me off doing so. Anyone love this bourbon as much as the critics? Can anyone set me straight once and for all so I don't even think of reaching for it? For $36 it looks very tempting!

Either way I just want to know what it's all about.

We like Baker's fine here, Basil Hayden doesn't fair well mostly a price vs proof issue and nothing to do with quality there.
I believe a search of the bottle of the month for 2007 will yield some information.

Bakers Bottle of the Month 03-06

Bakers, is one of my favorites! I too notice that it doesn't get a lot of attention around here. It doesn't get negative attention, just not much mention. But usually when spoken about it gets love.....

Definitely try it...

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Originally Posted by JamesW

Anyone love this bourbon as much as the critics? Can anyone set me straight once and for all so I don't even think of reaching for it? For $36 it looks very tempting! Either way I just want to know what it's all about.

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By all means reach for it! I think with a few exceptions you should try them all, every-one's tastes are different.

It's $40 here in WA and I aways keep a bottle on the shelf. The nose has a wonderful brown-sugar cinnamon spice, the taste is creamy with a nice kick of peppery heat and I find the finish flavorful and dry. I think this is a great bottle.

Buy one and share your thoughts! I don't think you will be disappointed.

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Originally Posted by T47

By all means reach for it! I think with a few exceptions you should try them all, every-one's tastes are different.

It's $40 here in WA and I aways keep a bottle on the shelf. The nose has a wonderful brown-sugar cinnamon spice, the taste is creamy with a nice kick of peppery heat and I find the finish flavorful and dry. I think this is a great bottle.

Buy one and share your thoughts! I don't think you will be disappointed.

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That was all the push I needed. I will be buying a bottle today!!!

Baker's is readily available, has been on the market for a long time and is a solid bourbon. It's not that it doesn't get any love, it's more that everyone's "been there, done that, got the t-shirt". I still drink it as regularly as many other bourbons and more regularly than a whole lot of them.

Baker's is good, damn good, but it's not the new shiny that's gonna get all of the attention.

I tried Baker's, along with all the JB small batch offerings, back in the early 1990s when they were introduced. Off the bunch, Knob Creek was my favorite, but Bakers was second. Since then I've bought a lot of Knob Creek, but a few bottles of Bakers as well.

I keep a bottle of this. It is my favorite of teh Beam high end (Knoww, Basil, Baker's and Bookers).

In truth, it will probably be the only one of the four I keep after I finish what I have.

I never cared much for Baker's. It is too dry for my tastes. I do realize that it is a quality crafted whiskey, but it just doesn't suit me.

In that series, I prefer Booker's and Knob Creek. My favorite Beam-produced bourbon, at least of the ones I have tried, is Old Grand Dad 114-proof.

Tim

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Originally Posted by ratcheer

I never cared much for Baker's. It is too dry for my tastes. I do realize that it is a quality crafted whiskey, but it just doesn't suit me.

In that series, I prefer Booker's and Knob Creek. My favorite Beam-produced bourbon, at least of the ones I have tried, is Old Grand Dad 114-proof.

Tim

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Thanks Tim... I'm also interested in the OGD114. I see it for about $35 but never tried it. Is that a reasonable price?