Booker's Little Book.

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INAUGURAL release. Freddie Noe's first product. Started as an experiment to see if blending corn/rye/malt whiskey in bourbon mash bill proportions would taste like bourbon. Spoiler: it didn't — so he added actual 4-yr bourbon. Highest-proof Little Book to date.

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NO BOURBON in the blend. Named for the laborious 40-recipe blending process. Features 40-year-old Canadian whisky (likely from same stocks used in Canadian Club 40/41/42) via Beam Suntory's Alberta Distillers ownership. Often cited as best-of-series for citrus/floral notes.

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First (and only) bourbon-only Little Book — technically still a 'bourbon' per TTB. Tribute to grandfather Booker Noe, named for the road Freddie and his grandfather drove to the distillery. Blends ALL FOUR original Small Batch Collection bourbons Booker created. The straight bourbon purist's favorite.

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Tribute to FATHER Fred Noe (7th-gen Master Distiller). Brown rice bourbon was Freddie's first solo distillation. The high-rye rye uses the same mash bill as Booker's Rye (hinting at future releases). Blue neck tag honors University of Kentucky Wildcats — Freddie and Fred's favorite team.

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Notable for using the LOWEST-PROOF bourbon Beam ever distilled (105–115 proof entry) as the 2-yr component for concentrated flavor. Ranked #3 on Fred Minnick's Top 100 American Whiskeys of 2021. Wide age spread from 2 to 15 years.

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Inspired by Freddie's passion for cooking and smoking hardwoods. Used cherrywood, applewood, and hickory staves/barrels to mirror BBQ smoking techniques. Most polarizing release — widely considered the weakest by enthusiasts. All-malt focus made it a departure from the bourbon-leaning chapters.

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Meta-release: blends one liquid stream from each of the previous SIX chapters PLUS a NEW seventh component (likely 80% rye / 20% malted rye 'PA-style' recipe similar to historic A.H. Hirsch). Marketed as a 'looking back' chapter. Return to form after the polarizing Chapter 6.

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FIRST-EVER 'Little Book Excerpt' — sits outside the numbered chapter series. DTC-exclusive Fall 2023 release through Beam's Barreled & Boxed members program. Tribute to Shinji Fukuyo, Chief Blender at Suntory, who taught Freddie the Japanese concept of 'KODAWARI' — the relentless pursuit of perfection despite knowing perfection is impossible. Companion piece to Chapter 7 'In Retrospect.' Tasting notes: cherry pie, citrus richness, velvety oak-anchored finish.

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FIRST rye-grain-focused Little Book. SEVEN components — six ryes + one high-rye bourbon. Blends Kentucky-style and Pennsylvania-style rye (the historic 80% rye / 20% malted barley mash). Released MAY 2024 — earlier than typical September/August timing. Considered one of the best in the series.

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FIRST Little Book LINE EXTENSION — separate annual series alongside the numbered chapters. THREE-GENERATION Noe family blend (Booker, Fred, Freddie). 70% bottled, 30% reserved in steel tanks (non-aging) to form the perpetual 'Shared Family' base for every future Infinite release — solera-style continuity, hence 'The Infinite.' Launched August 2024.

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Tribute to 'founding flavors' of American whiskey. One bourbon uses brown rice (callback to Chapter 4's brown rice bourbon — same stock now 8 yrs). Another 7-yr bourbon used a 5-day fermentation (vs. Beam's standard 3-day) for more apple/fruit notes. Took 18 months to blend.

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Second annual installment of the Infinite line. SOLERA-STYLE continuity: each year adds new components while retaining the 'Shared Family' base from the prior release — the blend literally never ends. Booker's contributes oak, char, and smoke; Fred's adds vanilla, caramel, and dark stone fruit; Freddie's brings bright apple and pear from extended fermentation. Released November 2025.

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MILESTONE 10TH RELEASE celebrating a decade of the series. First Little Book to include cask-finished components (sherry + toasted bourbon casks). Tasting notes: fig, raisin, molasses, velvety caramel, cinnamon, oak. The most overtly 'mature/aged' profile in the lineup.