Fourth And Final Booker’s Bourbon Batch Of 2025 Shipping Out

The fourth and last batch of Booker’s Bourbon is on its way to store shelves. Following the pattern of recent years to identify each batch by naming it for a story or connection to the legendary Jim Beam master distiller Booker Noe, this edition is named Phantom’s Pipe Batch.

This one is named for a mystery: a maze of pipes discovered in the rafters of the Boston distillery (Boston is the second and much larger production plant near Clermont, rarely seen by visitors) that led…nowhere. Turns out, those “phantom pipes” were remnants of Booker Noe’s restless tinkering – an engineer’s playground born of determination, creativity, and a dash of good old-fashioned stubborn genius.

As Fred Noe recalls, “Dad was always connecting one thing to another, chasing the next great idea with whatever he had on hand.” Those pipes became a symbol of Booker’s way, not always the easy way, but the right way to make great bourbon.

That spirit of invention lives on in this batch. It’s bottled uncut and unfiltered at 126.4 proof after more than seven years in the rackhouses. It’s big, bold, and unmistakably Booker’s with rich vanilla on the nose, a full-bodied spice on the palate, and a long, lingering finish that reminds you why patience (and a little persistence) always pays off.

Booker’s “Phantom Pipes Batch” is made up of barrels from five different production dates. The youngest barrels in the batch are aged 7 years, 6 months, and 15 days at a proof of 126.4. That makes it fairly old by current Booker’s standards; Booker’s has long been described as between 6 and 8 years old, and this batch is much closer to 8 than to 6. Those barrels were drawn from:

• 22% came from the fourth floor of 7-story warehouse 3
• 11% came from the fifth floor of 7-story warehouse 1
• 30% came from the sixth floor of 7-story warehouse G (Waterfill)
• 9% came from the third floor of 7-story warehouse O
• 28% came from the fifth floor of 7-story warehouse 4

The result at cask strength is 126.4 proof, with the recommended price holding steady at $99.