Booker's C-B-16-79 Brown Wax 120.9 Proof (First Release) Signed By Booker Noe

120.9 proof. C-B-16-79. Brown Wax. First Release. Signed by Booker Noe. Booker’s — the single most historically significant Booker’s expression in the Wooden Cork collection: a First Release Brown Wax Booker’s bearing the personal signature of Booker Noe himself, the man who created the cask strength unfiltered bourbon category.

Booker Noe — Jim Beam’s grandson and master distiller from 1965 to 2003 — created Booker’s in 1988 as the first commercially available uncut, unfiltered cask strength Kentucky straight bourbon. Every bottle of Booker’s that exists traces its existence to Booker Noe’s founding philosophy: bottle it straight from the barrel, at natural proof, with nothing removed and nothing added.

A First Release Brown Wax Booker’s with Booker Noe’s personal signature is three layers of rarity in one bottle: the founding era pre-named-batch format, the original presentation, and the authentication of the man whose name and legacy the entire program carries. Booker Noe passed away in February 2004, making surviving signed bottles finite and non-renewable.

Specs

• Distillery: Beam Suntory / Booker Noe Plant, Clermont, Kentucky
• Style: Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Cask Strength, Unfiltered
• Batch: C-B-16-79 — First Release, Brown Wax
• Proof: 120.9 (60.45% ABV) 
• Provenance: Signed by Booker Noe
• Size: 750ml
• Condition: Typical Hairline crack in wax

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Frequently Asked Questions

• Why is a Booker Noe-signed bottle so significant? Booker Noe created the cask strength unfiltered bourbon category in 1988 and passed away in 2004. Surviving bottles bearing his personal signature are finite — direct physical documentation of the founder’s connection to the program he created. A signed First Release Brown Wax is the most historically complete Booker’s expression possible.