A lot of different is made at the in Kentucky, and while most of it is there are some distinctions between brands based on mashbill, proof, location of barrels in the warehouses, and entry proof. One of those brands is , an under-recognized member of the Small Batch Collection that just dropped the 2025 edition of its newer high-rye expression, and this is a whiskey worth checking out.

The Jim Beam Small Batch Collection launched in 1992, the same year that Baker Beam, the namesake of this brand, retired after working at the distillery for several decades (the other members of the collection are , , and ). Baker was the cousin of master distiller Booker Noe, the father of current master distillers Fred Noe and grandfather of his son Freddie Noe. He started out as a nightwatchman, eventual

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