Booker's The Reserves 2025 Batch

2025 Batch - 123.3 Proof
Aged 8yrs 10mos 11 days

Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished in Tequila Barrels

The Reserves is an annual, limited-release series by Freddie Noe, to commemorate his grandaddy, 6th Generation Master Distiller Booker Noe, and his contributions to the bourbon world.

The 2025 batch tells the story of some well-traveled barrels: first used to age the beloved Booker’s 30th Anniversary release, then shipped to Jalisco where the Camarena family filled them with El Tesoro’s 85th Anniversary tequila. Finally, those same agave-seasoned barrels returned to Clermont, Kentucky, where Freddie Noe finished a hand-selected batch of Booker’s inside them. This is the very first time across the entire Beam portfolio that a product is finished in tequila barrels.

The result is a one-of-a-kind bourbon – uncut and unfiltered. It was bottled at 123.3 proof and aged exactly eight years, ten months and eleven days.

NOSE
Caramel, vanilla, touch of agave

TASTE
Rich caramel & charred oak with baking spice

FINISH
Complex notes of agave & black pepper