Booker’s Bourbon Launches Jerry’s Batch
Booker’s Bourbon, from James B. Beam Distilling Co., has announced the third release of 2025: Jerry’s Batch.
Each release of this whiskey has a unique name that alludes to the people, places and/or history behind the brand. This batch is named after Jerry Dalton, the only master distiller at The James B. Beam Distilling Co. who was not a Beam family member.
Booker and Fred Noe met Jerry when he moved into the house behind theirs and he took a job at a local distillery as a chemist. Over the years, Booker and Jerry became friends, and he eventually worked at The James B. Beam Distilling Co. When Booker retired, Jerry stepped in as Master Distiller for a few years until Fred was ready for the job.
Fred has shared that he owes most of what he knows about the science of their craft to Jerry.
“For years, I just assumed Jerry was already part of the Bourbon Hall of Fame, but he only got inducted last summer,” Fred says. “He’s a real humble guy who never liked making too much of a fuss, but he’s damn worth celebrating. Beam wouldn’t be what it is without him, and I couldn’t be prouder to honor him with this batch.”
“As we look through our barrel inventories during some abnormally hot days in late June, it’s a good reminder of how the weather here in Kentucky influences our bourbon maturation,” he continues. “The interaction of these various batches from their specific storage locations proves the old axiom true, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. With this blend of batches and locations emerges an offering with great balance and depth of character. ‘Jerry’s batch’ brings together the micro-climate conditions that these warehouses experience. For anyone that has spent any time at the Clermont plant and surrounding area, and working with our products, it’s understood that each warehouse brings its own nuance to the barrels stored within and can influence the maturation process significantly. This product delivers all the notes you would expect of a Booker’s offering; big, bold flavors of vanilla, caramel and oak on a full-bodied palate with subtle background notes of butterscotch and apple.”
Jerry’s Batch is made up of barrels from seven different production dates that were aged in nine different warehouses. The age of this batch is 7 years, 4 months and 21 days. It’s bottled at 124.7 proof and has a suggested retail price of $99.99 per 750-ml. bottle.
The warehouse breakdown was as follows:
11.1% came from the fourth floor of 7-story warehouse 3
11.1% came from the fourth floor of 7-story warehouse 1
11.1% came from the fourth floor of 7-story warehouse X
11.1% came from the fourth floor of 7-story warehouse Z
11.1% came from the fifth floor of 7-story warehouse K
11.1% came from the third floor of 7-story warehouse L
11.1% came from the third floor of 7-story warehouse O
11.1% came from the fifth floor of 7-story warehouse 4
11.1% came from the fourth floor of 7-story warehouse G (Waterfill)
This follows the recent release of Booker’s The Reserves 2025.
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