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By Richard Thomas
Knob Creek 2001
(Credit: Beam Suntory)
Rumors began swirling in American whiskey circles starting in the middle of 2015 that an older version of the popular Knob Creek Small Batch Bourbon, already a 9 year old, was coming out. Various reports had this extra aged bourbon between 13 and 16 years old, and in January The Whiskey Reviewer was able to confirm that it was coming and would be older than 13 years.
Now that bourbon is on the cusp of hitting American liquor store shelves, and it bears a “vintage” rather than a straight age statement, declaring a distillation date of 2001. The backstory for Knob Creek 2001 is its commemoration of Master Distiller Fred Noe’s “first assignment” from his Dad, Booker Noe.
This aged Knob Creek is being released in three separate and distinct batches, all with a de facto age statement of 14 years. As with normal Knob Creek, the whiskey is bottled at 100 proof (50% ABV), and bottles of this limited edition bourbon will retail for $129.99.
