{"id":1272,"date":"2013-12-13T21:25:58","date_gmt":"2013-12-14T03:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/?p=1272"},"modified":"2013-12-13T21:36:13","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T03:36:13","slug":"knob-creek-9-year-old-single-barrel-reserve-kentucky-straight-bourbon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/2013\/12\/knob-creek-9-year-old-single-barrel-reserve-kentucky-straight-bourbon\/","title":{"rendered":"Knob Creek 9 Year Old Single Barrel Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Straight Bourbon, 9 Years,
50% ABV, $34<\/p><\/div>\n

Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve is a hand-selected higher proof offering of their flagship bourbon. \u00a0This barrel (#464) was selected by Simon Taylor of Spec’s in Dallas and it’s #10 for this year on my advent list. \u00a0I talked about this whiskey with Simon and that discussion convinced me to try his selection (I even had him sign it for me). \u00a0There was another barrel selected by Spec’s that day and I may have to try that one as well, since Simon said that it was a close second for him (he described it as “caramel fruit salad”). \u00a0Hold on a minute… I’m getting ahead of myself. \u00a0I haven’t even poured the whiskey yet.<\/p>\n

Okay, it’s in the glass smelling grand! \u00a0There’s straw, caramel and a good spicy burn with notes of vanilla, cherry, cocoa, black pepper and pear. \u00a0The aroma is fairly bold without water. \u00a0A bit of water tones down the burn and brings the pepper and other flavors into balance; however, I don’t notice any other flavors.<\/p>\n

The taste is hot and bold, with plenty of vanilla, cinnamon, honey, caramel, tobacco, lemon and apple. \u00a0Adding a bit of water causes the peppery spice to mellow and persist into the finish. \u00a0Additional notes of cherry, ginger and overripe pear arrive and the tobacco becomes more a hint of powdery cocoa. \u00a0The finish persists very long with a good chewy feel and a spicy, woody flavor with just a hint of that cocoa I mentioned earlier. \u00a0There’s a mild lemon sourness midway through that retreats about as quickly as it arrives \u2013 over a couple of seconds \u2013 and works well with the spices.<\/p>\n

This is a very good whiskey and one that I enjoy quite often.\u00a0\u00a0I don’t expect that it’ll last very long, so I’d best secure that other bottle before they disappear.\u00a0\u00a0It offers a lot to keep your interest and is easy to drink without demanding too much attention. \u00a0I recommend a splash of water with this one as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve is a hand-selected higher proof offering of their flagship bourbon. \u00a0This barrel (#464) was selected by Simon Taylor of Spec’s in Dallas and it’s #10 for this year on my advent list. \u00a0I talked about this whiskey with Simon and that discussion convinced me to try his selection (I even … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[24,112,48],"class_list":["post-1272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whiskey","tag-bourbon","tag-jim-beam","tag-single-barrel"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p364aH-kw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1272"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1276,"href":"https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1272\/revisions\/1276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mark.abear.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}