Knob Creek Bourbon X Rye

[Thomm]

Has anybody else seen this product yet?  Looks to me like something one could mix together with a bottle of KC 9 and a KC 7 rye, although the proof doesn't jive since both come in at 100 in their normal format.  Whatever the makeup, I am surprised to find this available at a SE Wisconsin liquor store when I can find absolutely nothing about it on the Google machine.  If it's still available and at or around $40, I will pick one up Saturday and let you know what I think of it.  

 

[Skinsfan1311]

Interesting.

If it was cheap enough, I'd buy one too.

I'm looking forward to your thoughts on it if you snag a bottle.

[Richnimrod]

Hmmm.   Knob Single Barrel (120-pr) mixed with KC 7-yr Rye?     Ya' could do it 'at home' easily and come up with a 113-proof blending.

I've never seen nor even heard of this being a brand bottled by Beam at Clermont... so far.    I imagine it would sell, though.   It sounds tasty to me.

In keeping with the premiumization of new entries to the market by the major distillers, I assume this would be rather pricey, though.   Maybe $50 or more?    In The Mitten State, where 'minimum-retail-prices' are set by the Michigan Liquor Control Commission, it could be even more pricey.   If it comes to Michigan under $50 or so, I'd probably try it.

[Thomm]

16 hours ago, Richnimrod said:

Hmmm.   Knob Single Barrel (120-pr) mixed with KC 7-yr Rye?     Ya' could do it 'at home' easily and come up with a 113-proof blending.

I've never seen nor even heard of this being a brand bottled by Beam at Clermont... so far.    I imagine it would sell, though.   It sounds tasty to me.

In keeping with the premiumization of new entries to the market by the major distillers, I assume this would be rather pricey, though.   Maybe $50 or more?    In The Mitten State, where 'minimum-retail-prices' are set by the Michigan Liquor Control Commission, it could be even more pricey.   If it comes to Michigan under $50 or so, I'd probably try it.

Yeah, that's really the rub here: price.  I'm gonna stick to the $40 general vicinity (or ask for a taste).  It just seems suspect to me that it's nothing more than a new product in the pipeline to avoid the appearance of stagnation, and could be reproduced with a little bar side alchemy at home.  I will stop in tomorrow and update accordingly.

[Kepler]

I didn't hear about this, is this real?

 

I've been underwhelmed by the bouryes that I've tasted so far.  I need to open one of my WT Forgiven batches and compare to HW Bourye.

 

[Thomm]

I stopped in to take a closer look at the beast.  The label says 30 percent 9 year old bourbon and 70 percent 7 year old rye.  I know I said I would buy a bottle to try, and the price was near what I expected ($43), but I looked at the regular KC 9 nearby and the regular KC rye, 7 years old, on the other side and just didn't feel as if I would get much more out of this than if I had bought the two and mixed them.  And this may not even be the whiskey's fault, but instead a case of untrained, non- discerning palate.  

So, long story short, I'm sorry I brought it up.  Perhaps someone else will give it a go.

 

[Kepler]

2 hours ago, Thomm said:

I stopped in to take a closer look at the beast.  The label says 30 percent 9 year old bourbon and 70 percent 7 year old rye.  I know I said I would buy a bottle to try, and the price was near what I expected ($43), but I looked at the regular KC 9 nearby and the regular KC rye, 7 years old, on the other side and just didn't feel as if I would get much more out of this than if I had bought the two and mixed them.  And this may not even be the whiskey's fault, but instead a case of untrained, non- discerning palate.  

So, long story short, I'm sorry I brought it up.  Perhaps someone else will give it a go.

 

I'm glad you posted it.  Someone will surely be interested that didn't know about it otherwise (I, for one, was not even aware of it).  I hope whoever tries one will post their thoughts on here for the rest of us to find out whether we want to try a bottle.

 

[Skinsfan1311]

On 6/16/2024 at 2:34 PM, Thomm said:

I stopped in to take a closer look at the beast.  The label says 30 percent 9 year old bourbon and 70 percent 7 year old rye.  I know I said I would buy a bottle to try, and the price was near what I expected ($43), but I looked at the regular KC 9 nearby and the regular KC rye, 7 years old, on the other side and just didn't feel as if I would get much more out of this than if I had bought the two and mixed them.  And this may not even be the whiskey's fault, but instead a case of untrained, non- discerning palate.  

So, long story short, I'm sorry I brought it up.  Perhaps someone else will give it a go.

 

Good post and  thanks for sharing.

Not sure that I'd buy it now, unless it was insanely marked down, given that it can be so easily blended at home.

[PaulO]

I'm always happy to read about something new in the pipeline.  Later if I run across it, I feel I know a little what it is, whether I get it or not.

[MyBrainOnWhiskey]

As someone who really likes Knob Creek... a lot!... I have to say that my first reaction to this boureye release is "meh".  Don't get me wrong, I love the combination of the KC9 (120 proof) and KC7 (100 proof).  In fact, I frequently mix my own homemade boureye with these exact ingredients.  I'm just not sure there is a lot of value in the store-bought product versus my own home brew.  Although, I have to assume the folks at Jim Beam know a whole lot more about making a good blend than I do .  I'll likely try this bottle at some point; I'm just not in any rush.