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"  Ever wonder what whiskey-industry insiders are drinking around the holidays? Us, too. Eat Like a Man&amp;#039;s 12 Days of Whiskey asks the craft&amp;#039;s most respected master distillers what bottles are on their holiday wish lists. If you&amp;#039;ve never given much attention to Knob Creek, it&amp;#039;s worth a second look, or so says Eddie Russell, who happens to be a thirty-year veteran of the bourbon industry and the other Russell behind Wild Turkey&amp;#039;s award-winning Russell&amp;#039;s Reserve bourbon. &amp;quot;I was raised on an older, natural bourbon, and Knob Creek hits the mark,&amp;quot; Eddie told us when we asked for his holiday bottle recommendation.  Named after Abraham Lincoln&amp;#039;s childhood home in Kentucky, Knob Creek is an old-fashioned, pre-Prohibition-style bourbon. In other words, were he not a teetotaler, Lincoln himself might have kept something like it around the house. This small-batch whiskey is aged for a lengthy nine years and bottled at 100 proof, stronger than your average bottling. It&amp;#039;s a sweet, woody whiskey, and surprisingly easy to drink, for a bourbon of its age and strength.  Knob Creek Bourbon, $34.99, Astor Wines &amp;amp;amp; Spirits Next up: Knob Creek&amp;#039;s Fred Noe names his bottle of choice.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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