Welcome to the Upper Smoke Whiskey Reviews. My name is Brent. If you are a subscriber, I greatly appreciate your support. If you're not a subscriber and you're into whiskey, please consider hitting that subscribe button with the notification bell. That way you'll be notified of new uploads and live streams. Now our guys today we have this newly released Baker's Single Barrel Burbin. Before I get into this whiskey, I will tell you a little bit about it. Baker's Burbin is part of the original Small Batch Collection which consists of Bookers, Knob Creek, Basil Hayden, and Baker's Burbin, which was created by Jim Beam, Sixth Generation Master Stiller, Booker No, and named after the great nephew of Jim Beam, Baker Beam. Baker's Burbin has transitioned exclusively to this single barrel offering and maintains its minimum 7-year age statement and signature 100-centred proof bottling. This new bottling features details about the individual barrel including the age, warehouse where it was aged at, and the date it was barreled. The Batch Bill on this whiskey is 77% corn, 13% rye, and 10% malt and barley. This specific barrel has 8 and a half years old, barreled in January of 2011, and Rickhouse CLD. This is 53.5% ABV, 107 proof. The MSR P on this whiskey is 60 bucks and the previous bottling was around 50. Let's check its bottle out for one second. To me, it reminds me a lot of the legit bottling from Jim Beam. Book's very similar and it's synthetic cork. Top of the cork is very nice. It says Single Barrel right here. Very nice cork. Right here on the top of the label, it tells you what warehouse it was in, how old the whiskey is. This one here is 8 and a half years old, and the date it was actually barreled. Definitely a step up on the bottling. Let's get out of the color nose and taste of this whiskey. Done with color? It's got a nice dark copper color, nice deep copper amber color to the whiskey. It does seem to be coating the glass fairly well. I remember the previous bottling was very viscous. Yet starting to coat the glass very well. Nice viscosity on the whiskey, nice color. That being said, let's get into the nose. Start on the nose. All right, right away on the nose. This definitely kind of jumping out of the glass, you get a nice apple note. Some baked breads. It has a little bit of a nutty, touch of toasted nut characteristic to it. Maybe like an almond. Some baking spices, caramel vanilla. The nose on this whiskey is very dense and rich. Once again, it's apples, caramel vanilla. It's got like a bready, yeasty note to it also. Beans, spices, some oak is there also. Very nice nose on the whiskey. It's very vibrant. It's very easy to pick through and distinguish the different aromas. It is kind of jumping out of the glass. It is very viscous and oily. As you can see now, again, once again, it's got very thick, heavy legs on the whiskey. Very viscous, very nice to nose on the whiskey. Let's get into the taste. I know the taste. Cheers. The first thing I would say is super viscous, very mouth-coding. Finish is still going. I will say it's leaning towards the long side of things on the finish. Very viscous whiskey. Let's check the glass out one more time if you guys can see it or not. It's got super thick legs. Very viscous whiskey, very mouth-coding. On the front of the palate on the first sip. I got an apple note. A nice apple note. Mid-palette, a little bit of citrus zest and a compact bread. A caramel vanilla linger on the finish with a nice oak note. On the first sip. Just going for another one. Cheers. It's so mouth-coding. The whiskey is very, very mouth-coding. It's not like a creamy mouth-coding. It's just coating the mouth like an oily, nice, rich coating of the mouth. Not a creamyness because it does dry out a little bit on the finish. Very nice and full of flavor. On the front of the palate, it's apples. It goes into a toasted almond note and citrus zest and a little bit of baked bread on the mid-palette. The front of the palate is just pretty much like a fruity, aptly aspect to the front of the palate. Once again, mid-palette, citrus zest, baked bread. It's like a toasted almond. And on the finish, you have caramel vanilla lingering with a nice, a very nice, not overbearing, oak note. Very nice second sip. Just going for one more, guys. Cheers. The whiskey has been very consistent on each sip. Very nice. Front of the palate, a nice apple note. Maybe even a little bit of a cherry in there, now on this sip. Mid-palette toasted almonds, a netting-is characteristic, a little bit of baked bread, a little citrus zest on the sides of the palate right here. Lengaring on the finish is caramel vanilla and a nice, well-rounded, oak note. Very, very nice third sip on this whiskey. Dark guys, my final thoughts on the Baker Single Barrow Bourbon. I've really enjoyed it. I think it is a great pour. I think it offers good, deep, dense flavors. It's got a super long finish. It's very viscous. I think it is definitely a step up from their previous offering. But in saying that, I think kind of what they've done with the pricing may be kind of productive in trying to bring this out of the shadows of the Small Batch Collection. By pricing this in a $60 price range, you kind of just price it with some of the real powerhouses in the barrel storeings such as your Stagg Juniors, your 1920-04th stir and Elijah Craig barrel proof. I think maybe with the pricing that could have been counterproductive and trying to pull this out of the shadows, but who knows. We'll see what happens. With that being said, I want to wrap this one up. Thank you so much for watching. If you are a subscriber, I greatly appreciate your support. 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