$12,500 Eagle Rare, New Booker’s Batch, But Is Knob Creek Blender’s Edition the Best Buy?

Whiskey got wild this week. Eagle Rare just announced a 30-year-old bourbon priced at $12,500, Elijah Craig is back with another PGA Championship bottle, and Booker's Bourbon returns with its first batch of 2026. I also break down: Buffalo Trace Distillery opening the new John G. Carlisle Cafe New TTB label filings from Old Forester and Heaven Hill Whether Booker’s is still worth buying at today’s prices Then I give my full Byte-Sized Review of Knob Creek Blender’s Edition to see if Beam has a real hit on its hands. 🥃 Is it better than standard Knob Creek? 🥃 Is it worth $45? 🥃 Great neat pour… or cocktail king? Let me know what you think in the comments.   Timecodes: 00:00 Intro – Welcome to Bourbon Bytes 00:52 Eagle Rare 30 Costs $12,500 04:42 Buffalo Trace Distillery Opens New Cafe 06:36 Elijah Craig PGA Championship Bourbon 07:59 Booker's Bourbon Big Easy Batch 2026-01 09:54 New TTB Labels: Old Forester + Heaven Hill 12:22 Byte-Sized Review – Knob Creek Blender’s Edition 21:04 Outro + Byte Club Shoutouts