Knob Creek Rye

[CADMixes]

Is that good or bad??

It was good! I like Overholt quite a bit for the price and mixability.

[cas]

Beam's attitude toward new product development has done a 180 in the last year, so anything is possible.

I picked up a bottle of the single barrel reserve bourbon a few weeks back and it's pretty good. Are these recent releases any hint of things to come?
Craig

[cowdery]

Just in the sense that Beam seems committed to product innovation across all of its brands, much more so than they were a few years ago.

[Parkersback]

100 proof, looks like NAS.

This link has an image of the label: http://thewineandcheeseplace.blogspo...n-tasting.html

[trumpstylz]

100 proof, looks like NAS.

This link has an image of the label: http://thewineandcheeseplace.blogspo...n-tasting.html

The label references "smoothness", so you know its good.

[Old Lamplighter]

The label references "smoothness", so you know its good.

Ya...I'll second that. I guess compared to JB Rye , anything could be considered smooth...even kiwi shoe polish, 160 proof.

[ethangsmith]

Any word on when this hits the market?

[White Dog]

100 proof, looks like NAS.

This link has an image of the label: http://thewineandcheeseplace.blogspo...n-tasting.html

Doesn't say "Straight." Probably 1yr old.

[cowdery]

My guess would be late spring.

Don't fret too much about things like age statements, or lack thereof, on prototype packaging. With Knob bourbon age stated at 9 years, and Beam being the producer most comitted to age statements, I suspect we will see an age statement on KC rye and it will be 6 to 9 years.

[Brisko]

My guess would be late spring.

Don't fret too much about things like age statements, or lack thereof, on prototype packaging. With Knob bourbon age stated at 9 years, and Beam being the producer most comitted to age statements, I suspect we will see an age statement on KC rye and it will be 6 to 9 years.

I hope you're right. It looks like it's on the Alabama price list (p. 22) http://www.abc.alabama.gov/PDFs/ABCBoardPrices.pdf at $39.99, and they don't have an age statement listed. How accurate is the ABCB?

At forty bucks and NAS it sounds like (ri)1 in a shorter bottle. At least it's listed at 100 proof.