Supports the cross-source premium-differentiation Claim, but the industry-first and causal-market language remains attributed to Noe.
The passage follows the launch of Booker's and the related small-batch line and links product construction to tasting authority and public storytelling.
Noe credits Booker's limited, higher-proof, extra-aged small-batch bourbons with helping establish an ultra-premium category and describes Booker continuing to assess samples and bottling readiness while serving as a public ambassador.
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Booker: Yes, Sir
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