Knob Creek Straight Bourbon Single Barrel Reserve 9 Year Whiskey

This is a nine-year-old Kentucky straight bourbon drawn from a single barrel and bottled at 120 proof, so it arrives with real heft: oak, vanilla and toasted nuts on the nose, then a full-bodied palate of caramel, roasted nuts and gentle wood, with dried fruit and baking spice filling in the layers. Made at the Jim Beam Distillery from a corn-dominant mash bill and aged in charred white oak, it rewards drinkers who already know they like a bold, high-proof pour and want to explore how one barrel can carry its own character within a familiar house style. Newcomers can still get there with a few drops of water, which soften the intensity and pull out more vanilla and nuttiness. We carry it because it delivers a long, warming finish and genuine depth at full strength, and because it is just as useful behind the bar, giving an Old Fashioned or Manhattan a sturdier backbone than a lower-proof bourbon can offer.