The Baker’s 7 year old Bourbon is one of four bourbons that make up the Small Batch Bourbon Collection of the legendary U.S. distillery Jim Beam.

Of those four, Knob Creek is probably the best known, but it is the Bakers Bourbon which aficionado’s rate the highest. This is in part because, unlike many of its stablemates, it has retained its age statement.

Bakers Bourbon is named after the grand-nephew of Jim Beam, Baker Beam. It also makes use of a special strain of jug yeast that the Beam family have been using for over 60 years and which they claim delivers extra smoothness.

The result is a complex whisky which has also the bold flavours you would expect from a Jim Beam Small Batch bourbon but with some additional sweetness and spice that makes it a much more interesting drink.

And yes, the smoothness from that special yeast makes this a rich and satisfying bourbon that’s not quite like any other we have tried.