Booker's “The Beam House Batch” 7 year old (Batch 2024-02), 62.3%

The nose pulls you in with promises of cherry Coke, vanilla cream, cherry chip ice cream, and raisins. Those enticing flavors follow on the palate, where the rich texture is punctuated by cocoa powder, hot fudge, Black Forest cake, chocolate pudding, cherry cheesecake, and cinnamon spice. Deep dark chocolate takes the cake on the finish, but it’s balanced beautifully by ripe cherry tartness and more hot cinnamon spice.