Booker's Batch Confusion

[OldDrinker1978]

I have just returned from a vacation on which I bought a bottle of Booker's at a quite well known German Liquor Store. 

Now the Batch No leaves me puzzled. It says Batch 2015-02. When I google for that batch it tells me it's Dot's Batch but that again has a totally different Label,  Proof and Age than the one I bought. Check that Label on the Photo. Maybe somebody knows more about this Batch?

I saw this particular Batch of Booker's with that Proof and Age and Batch No on a couple different European Online stores as well...maybe it's a EU-only Batch?

[T Comp]

1 hour ago, OldDrinker1978 said:

 

I saw this particular Batch of Booker's with that Proof and Age and Batch No on a couple different European Online stores as well...maybe it's a EU-only Batch?

 

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Edited December 6, 2015 by T Comp

[taddraughn]

1 hour ago, OldDrinker1978 said:

I have just returned from a vacation on which I bought a bottle of Booker's at a quite well known German Liquor Store. 

Now the Batch No leaves me puzzled. It says Batch 2015-02. When I google for that batch it tells me it's Dot's Batch but that again has a totally different Label,  Proof and Age than the one I bought. Check that Label on the Photo. Maybe somebody knows more about this Batch?

I saw this particular Batch of Booker's with that Proof and Age and Batch No on a couple different European Online stores as well...maybe it's a EU-only Batch?

I'd be willing to bet that it's the same juice as the US released 2015-02, but I could be wrong. They could just be marketing it differently there. Also, I saw somewhere that they have applied for the names of the 2016 batches and the names are starting to get worse and worse haha.. 

 

Here is a link to the 2016 labels for those interested: https://www.ttbonline.gov/colasonline/viewColaDetails.do?action=publicFormDisplay&ttbid=15285001000120

[amg]

Beam has used the same batch number for multiple batches before. You have to look at the age and proof in combination with the batch number to be sure.

[T Comp]

Not the same as  US #2, Dot's Batch is 127.9 proof and 7 years-18 days. 

[OldDrinker1978]

4 hours ago, T Comp said:

Not the same as  US #2, Dot's Batch is 127.9 proof and 7 years-18 days. 

Yeah, it's a different batch than Dot's, definitely. Not same age and proof and even the Bottle Shape is slightly different. I  didn't know they are making Europe-only Batches but cool to know. The Batch is excellent by the way. 

[taddraughn]

38 minutes ago, OldDrinker1978 said:

Yeah, it's a different batch than Dot's, definitely. Not same age and proof and even the Bottle Shape is slightly different. I  didn't know they are making Europe-only Batches but cool to know. The Batch is excellent by the way. 

That's interesting! That's what I get for assuming

[kat]

For any who are interested, I was looking for what I *believe* to be the European 2015-02. After extensive discussion with someone at Jim Beam, we concluded that the closest thing being sold in the states is the US version of 2015-03, which is 63.6 ABV and only 23 days older than the European 2015-02. Note this conversation with someone at Jim Beam also confirmed that there are batches sold only in Europe.

Edited December 10, 2015 by kat