Pre-Prohibition flavor, no dilution of character. Shop Knob Creek online at Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA — Booker Noe's big, patient answer to watered-down bourbon, in every age statement and finish we can stock, available to order online.
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Booker Noe's Big, Bold Answer
Knob Creek was created in the early 1990s as the flagship of Jim Beam's Small Batch Collection, under sixth-generation distiller Booker Noe — who had watched bourbon go light and polite, and wanted it back the way it was before Prohibition: fully flavored, fully proofed, and given time. The creek it is named for runs past the Clermont, Kentucky distillery, in the same countryside where Abraham Lincoln was born. The recipe has stayed stubborn: extra age in deeply charred barrels at the center of the rickhouse, and a full 100 proof. The 9 Year flagship is the benchmark; the 12 Year adds oak depth; Single Barrel Reserve climbs to 120 proof; and the lineup rounds out with a well-loved Straight Rye and the fireside-ready Smoked Maple. This is bourbon with the volume left up.
If lighter bourbons leave you cold, Knob Creek is the traditional correction — big oak, big proof, fair price.
Order Knob Creek online from Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA — nine years of patience, poured at full strength.
Knob Creek FAQs
Is the Knob Creek 9 Year age statement back?
Yes — after a period as a no-age-statement bottling, the 9 Year age statement returned to the flagship label, along with a 12 Year permanent expression for drinkers who want even more oak.
How is Knob Creek different from regular Jim Beam?
Both come from the same Clermont distillery family, but Knob Creek is aged far longer, bottled at 100 proof instead of 80, and drawn from select rickhouse positions — a deliberately richer, oakier profile.
Which Knob Creek is best for an Old Fashioned?
The 9 Year at 100 proof stands up to bitters and sugar without going thin. The Smoked Maple version builds the cocktail's sweetness right into the whiskey.