Question for Cowdery re: Booker's Roundtable selections

[RWBadley]

From choice to bottling and sale, did you think Beam nailed the profile you had chosen?

Of the five or so Roundtable editions you have been part of, after bottling have you realized favorites among them?

Recently I have seen both a Center Cut and a 2013-6 available locally, between the two which one would you go for?

Anybody else have an opinion?

Cheers,

RW

[Kyjd75]

I have both of them, and the Center Cut (2015-3) is the clear winner. Some of the best Booker's I've ever had.

[BigBoldBully]

I love this question, and hope to hear about lots of people's roundtable favorites (in addition to Mr. Cowdery's perspective).

[t44tq]

I'm probably in the minority here, but I liked the 2015-01 Big Man Small Batch the best.

[GAbiker]

I thought the Center Cut was better than the Big Man Small Batch. Haven't had the Oven Buster yet.

[JDSmith619]

The nose on the Center Cut is a thing of beauty! Tastes amazing too

[RWBadley]

Excellent. I can get the center cut for $43, so I'll grab one and see. I've been drinking too much Buffalo Trace lately and am looking for a new flavor profile :cool:

[miller542]

I've been drinking too much Buffalo Trace lately

Is that possible?

FWIW - any batch of Booker's under $50 seems like a pretty good deal to me

[RWBadley]

Is that possible?

FWIW - any batch of Booker's under $50 seems like a pretty good deal to me

Heheh, that was a little tongue-in-cheek..

Other than OGD, I sit down with BT, OWA, Stagg JR, ER10 quite often. Been a while since my last Bookers. I'd like to be impressed :grin:

[Robertsccr5]

Excellent. I can get the center cut for $43, so I'll grab one and see. I've been drinking too much Buffalo Trace lately and am looking for a new flavor profile :cool:

That's impressive. I found a shop with a few center cut available but at $57

[Kyjd75]

$57 seems a little high, but Center Cut is an outstanding bourbon.

[GrPeMi]

The State of Oregon has decided that we get to pay $63 for Bookers...and I just picked up a Center Cut the other day. The advantage of laying hands on it vs. ordering it over the 'net is that you know what batch you're getting. And it's hard to get a bottle shipped here for less than $63 total.

[fozzy71]

The State of Oregon has decided that we get to pay $63 for Bookers...and I just picked up a Center Cut the other day. The advantage of laying hands on it vs. ordering it over the 'net is that you know what batch you're getting. And it's hard to get a bottle shipped here for less than $63 total.

IIRC the MI min price is $60 so don't feel too bad. thankfully I still have 2 different older batches I got on my IN trip on sale for $36. obv kick myself for not buying every bottle they had at the time

[GrPeMi]

Yeah...got a great price on a Blanton's while road tripping through NorCal this summer, but no such luck with Bookers.

Pulled out my 2014-07 yesterday, and there was more left than I thought. Certainly won't need to buy another for a while...

[Mtward1]

Mps

[Richnimrod]

Mps

Huh?????????????????

[Tony Santana]

Mps

Not a strong first post.

[BigBoldBully]

Mps=Minneapolis (is the best place to buy Booker's)?

[Mtward1]

My first post was a mistake.

[amg]

My first post was a mistake.

Welcome. Head over to the 'New To Straightbourbon' forum and introduce yourself!

[Louisiana]

Your second post is even better! :grin:

[Chris m]

I don't often reach for Booker's, but I thought Center Cut was pretty damn good. $44.99 and that fancy pants varnish made it even better.