On Tuesday, the James B. Beam Distilling Co. announced the release of the distillery’s oldest whiskey to date: Knob Creek 21 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon.
In 2022, Knob Creek introduced a specialty 18-year-old bourbon — which, at the time, was its oldest-ever release — to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its Small Batch Bourbon Collection. Following the success of the 18-year as an annual release, James B. Beam Distilling Co. is taking the age statement up a notch with its new, history-making 21-year bourbon. Bottled at 100 proof and aged for just over two decades in the distillery’s Clermont, Ky. rackhouses, each barrel of Knob Creek 21 was hand-selected by the team to ensure maximum complexity and balance.
