{"product_id":"bookers-bourbon-batch-2026-01-the-big-easy-kentucky-straight-bourbon-whiskey-750ml","title":"Booker's Bourbon Batch 2026-01 \"The Big Easy\" Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 750ml","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eBooker Noe had a thing for New Orleans. He made his first trips there as a young man with his friend Billy Roby, \"the two of them eating and drinking their way around town.\" He returned on his honeymoon with his wife Annis. He returned again and again across the decades, drawn by the food, the people, and the flavors that New Orleans delivers in a way that nowhere else on earth quite replicates. His son Fred Noe tells the story that says everything about the man: \"We were watching Bourbon Street's famous barrel races from the balcony of our French Quarter hotel when he spotted that cart rolling down below. He sent me to get us some — and boy, you'd have thought it was the best damn bite he'd ever had.\" It was a Lucky Dog hot dog from a street cart. Booker Noe, the man who created the Small Batch Bourbon Collection and whose palate shaped the finest bourbons Jim Beam produced for four decades, found paradise in a Lucky Dog on Bourbon Street. And he kept going back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eBooker's Bourbon Batch 2026-01 \"The Big Easy\" pays tribute to that love. Named for New Orleans. Bottled at 129.1 proof — \"high-but-not-too-high\" in Maxim's characterization of the sweet spot Booker's inhabits at its very best. Aged 7 years, 2 months, and 15 days — right in the ideal Booker's range. Drawn from five separate production dates across five different warehouses at the James B. Beam Distilling Co. in Clermont, Kentucky, with the specific warehouse and floor-level breakdown documented with the transparency that makes the Booker's batch program the most specifically documented small batch release program in American whiskey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eMaxim called it potentially the best batch of 2026: \"The Big Easy Batch has everything going for it that the late Booker Noe and his fans would expect — a high-but-not-too-high proof of 129.1; a clear balance of deep vanilla notes against deep baking spices; a minimum age of over seven years. It hits those molasses and caramel notes, alongside the telltale vanilla and peanut butter flavors that Booker's is really known for.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe Lucky Dog is gone. But the bourbon that honors the city that Booker loved is in the glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigins \u0026amp; Craftsmanship\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eBooker Noe — Jim Beam's grandson, the distillery's Master Distiller for over four decades — created Booker's Bourbon in the late 1980s as a gift for friends and family: a barrel-strength, uncut, unfiltered expression of what he personally considered the finest bourbon the Clermont distillery produced. The concept was simple and completely specific: select the barrels from the center of the aging warehouse — where temperature variation is most moderate and maturation most even — pull them at seven to nine years old, and bottle them straight from the barrel without any dilution or chill filtration. No compromises. The bourbon as it actually is, not as most distilleries present it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThat founding philosophy has governed every Booker's batch since the program's inception and is fully honored in the 2026-01 Big Easy. Fred Noe — Booker's son, the 7th generation of the Noe-Beam family in American whiskey production — selects each batch personally, documenting the specific warehouse origins, floor levels, and production dates with a transparency that allows every Booker's buyer to understand exactly what they're drinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe Big Easy batch draws from five separate production dates stored in five different warehouses at Clermont, with the complete breakdown precisely documented: 24% from the sixth floor of the nine-story Warehouse G — the higher floors receiving more heat cycling, producing deeper caramelization and more concentrated oak character; 22% each from Warehouses J (third floor) and M (fourth floor) — the middle-warehouse floors contributing the most balanced maturation; 16% each from Warehouse H (third floor) and Warehouse O (fifth floor) — adding the textural variety and the specific barrel character that floor-level diversity most directly contributes. Five production dates means the barrels were filled at different times across a specific range of years, adding the slight variation in distillation character that time-blending produces in a way that single-date production cannot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eAged 7 years, 2 months, and 15 days. Bottled at 129.1 proof — natural barrel strength, no water addition. Unfiltered. The specific Booker's production standard that Booker Noe himself established and that Fred Noe maintains with complete fidelity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCritics Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxim (G. Clay Whittaker — April 2026):\u003c\/strong\u003e \"The best batch of 2026 may be the first one out of the gate — that's how good this bourbon is. Big Easy Batch has everything going for it that the late Booker Noe and his fans would expect: a high-but-not-too-high proof of 129.1; a clear balance of deep vanilla notes against deep baking spices; a minimum age of over seven years. It hits those molasses and caramel notes, alongside the telltale vanilla and peanut butter flavors that Booker's is really known for.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrism News \/ early tasters:\u003c\/strong\u003e \"A delicacy on the palate despite the higher proof, with classic Jim Beam peanut notes alongside vanilla, maple, butterscotch, honey, dark chocolate, black pepper, and dried fruit — classic barrel-proof bourbon, which is exactly what you're looking for when you decide to drink Booker's.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBooker's Bourbon official tasting notes:\u003c\/strong\u003e \"Aromas of vanilla and spice. A warm and robust palate. A long, lingering finish.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFred Noe, 7th Generation Master Distiller:\u003c\/strong\u003e \"For a guy who lived in Kentucky, Dad sure found himself in the Big Easy plenty. He made his first trips down there as a young man, friends like Billy Roby by his side, the two of them eating and drinking their way around town. We were watching Bourbon Street's famous barrel races from the balcony of our French Quarter hotel when he spotted that cart rolling down below. He sent me to get us some — and boy, you'd have thought it was the best damn bite he'd ever had. His love for those dogs became legendary in the city, living on even after he passed. I hope you'll be as taken with this bourbon as he was with those Big Easy Lucky Dogs.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTasting Profile\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNose\u003c\/strong\u003e Rich amber with deep copper highlights — 7 years, 2 months, and 15 days across five Clermont warehouses at varying floor levels producing a color of genuine maturity and concentration. The nose opens with the hallmark Booker's quality that Maxim identified as the most immediately and most specifically characteristic: vanilla and spice arriving together in the warm, deeply caramelized combination that the Jim Beam mash bill's medium-rye content and the six-to-ninth floor Warehouse G barrel placement develop most completely. The \"telltale peanut butter\" note arrives alongside — the most specifically and the most memorably unusual secondary aromatic quality of the Booker's house character, present across every batch and immediately identifiable as the Jim Beam Small Batch Collection's most specific and the most distinctively Booker's secondary quality. Molasses adds the richest and the most specifically dark sweetness. Caramel adds warm secondary depth. Maple adds the most specifically American oak-derived and the most warm sweetness. Butterscotch adds the most luxurious and the most satisfying caramelized sweetness. The 129.1-proof intensity is present as a warm, heavily concentrated volatility that communicates the full barrel-strength experience before the first sip.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePalate\u003c\/strong\u003e Warm, robust, and complete — the official characterization's most accurate description confirmed from the first sip. Despite the 129.1 proof, early tasters found \"a delicacy on the palate\" — the Prism News characterization's most specifically impressive and the most commercially useful quality for any buyer who hesitates at the proof number. The classic Jim Beam peanut notes arrive at entry with the warm, slightly nutty, specifically Clermont-distillery character that distinguishes Booker's from every other high-proof Kentucky bourbon. Vanilla builds alongside the peanut character — deep, caramelized, and genuinely extraordinary at full concentration. Maple, butterscotch, and honey add the most generous secondary sweetness. Dark chocolate adds the richest and the most satisfying slightly bitter secondary complexity — the warehouse G sixth-floor barrel's most specifically age-concentrated contribution. Black pepper adds the warm, building spice that the medium-rye mash bill's most characteristic structural quality provides. Dried fruit adds the most specifically mature and the most age-indicating secondary flavor. The warmth of 129.1 proof builds progressively through the mid-palate — genuine, sustained, and entirely appropriate for a bourbon of this concentration and this provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinish\u003c\/strong\u003e Long, lingering, and warm. The official characterization's \"long, lingering finish\" is the most accurate and the most enduringly confirmed quality of the Big Easy batch — the seven-year-plus warehouse maturation's most enduring contribution at the close. Vanilla and caramel carry the close most persistently alongside the peanut character's subtle persistence. Black pepper and dark chocolate add the most satisfying secondary close notes. The molasses and butterscotch warmth resolves the whole experience into a deeply rich, deeply Booker's conclusion. A splash of water — the brand's own recommendation — transforms the experience considerably, opening the dried fruit and the darker spice complexity into something more harmonious and more fully expressive of the five-warehouse blend's specific character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuick Overview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"overflow-x-auto w-full px-2 mb-6\"\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"min-w-full border-collapse text-sm leading-[1.7] whitespace-normal\"\u003e\n\u003cthead class=\"text-left\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\"\u003eCategory\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.6)] py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStyle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eKentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey — Uncut · Unfiltered\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABV \/ Proof\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e64.55% ABV \/ 129.1 Proof\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBatch\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e2026-01 — First batch of 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eName\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\"The Big Easy\" — tribute to New Orleans, Booker Noe's favorite city\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e7 years, 2 months, 15 days\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDistillery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eJames B. Beam Distilling Co. — Clermont, Kentucky\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOwner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eSuntory Global Spirits\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaster Distiller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eFred Noe — 7th generation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBooker Noe Legacy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eCreated Booker's in late 1980s · Small Batch Collection founder\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWarehouse Breakdown\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eG Floor 6: 24% · J Floor 3: 22% · M Floor 4: 22% · H Floor 3: 16% · O Floor 5: 16%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduction Dates\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eFive separate production dates\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChill Filtration\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eNone — unfiltered\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWater Added\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eNone — straight from barrel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBest Served\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eNeat or with a splash of water — brand recommendation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew Orleans Connection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eBooker returned to NOLA throughout his life — honeymoon, annual visits, Lucky Dogs\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxim Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\"Best batch of 2026 may be the first one out of the gate\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eJim Beam Small Batch Collection — alongside Knob Creek, Basil Hayden's, Baker's\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStyle \/ Identity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eClassic barrel-proof Booker's — vanilla, peanut butter, molasses, caramel, dark spice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAromas \u0026amp; Flavors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003eVanilla, peanut butter, molasses, caramel, baking spice, maple, butterscotch, honey, dark chocolate, black pepper, dried fruit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBottle Size\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"border-b-0.5 border-[hsl(var(--border-300)\/0.3)] py-2 pr-4 align-top\"\u003e750ml\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eServing \u0026amp; Occasion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eNeat at room temperature with patience — allow 15 minutes of air at 129.1 proof for the vanilla, peanut butter, and molasses aromatics to fully develop before approach. A splash of water is the brand's own recommendation and the single most impactful serving choice: it opens the dried fruit, honey, and dark chocolate notes dramatically while integrating the 129.1-proof warmth into something genuinely harmonious. Outstanding alongside dark chocolate, pecan pie, smoked meats, aged sharp cheddar, and any occasion where the most specifically New Orleans-inspired and the most specifically personal Booker's batch of 2026 deserves the attention that Booker Noe's favorite city has always inspired.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCocktail Suggestions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBig Easy Old Fashioned\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e(the natural home)\u003c\/em\u003e 2 oz Booker's Big Easy · 1 tsp Demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash Peychaud's bitters · expressed orange peel. Stirred over a large ice rock. Peychaud's is the signature bitters of New Orleans — the bitters originally produced in the French Quarter whose anise-adjacent complexity bridges the Booker's molasses and vanilla in the most specifically Big Easy-appropriate cocktail format available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBooker's Sazerac\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e(New Orleans's own cocktail)\u003c\/em\u003e 2 oz Booker's Big Easy · 1 tsp simple syrup · 3 dashes Peychaud's bitters · absinthe rinse · lemon peel. The most specifically New Orleans cocktail available — Peychaud's bitters and absinthe honoring the city Booker loved while the 129.1-proof backbone carries through the Sazerac's historically strong format with complete authority.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Southern","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43845476220994,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0363\/8621\/files\/Booker_s_Bourbon_Batch_2026-01_The_Big_Easy_Kentucky_Straight_Bourbon_Whiskey_750ml.jpg?v=1781215330","url":"https:\/\/www.blackwellswines.com\/products\/bookers-bourbon-batch-2026-01-the-big-easy-kentucky-straight-bourbon-whiskey-750ml","provider":"Blackwell's Wines \u0026 Spirits","version":"1.0","type":"link"}