Jim Beam bourbon undergoes distillation at lower temperatures and is distilled to no more than 62.5%, the White label is aged for four years and has quite a high percentage of rye in the mashbill.
Quite sweet with gentle notes of vanilla and cut hay, a touch of fresh corn fields and a little cereal sweetness, like the bluegrass fields of Kentucky.
Good body with notes of toasty oak and all the requisite notes of vanilla and crème anglaise, a little spice and pepper with an acetone note.
Toasty oak and resin with a some sweetness.
It is simply wow, just love it taste, purely meant for on the rocks.
The first smell was bitter and sweet at the same time. First smell of cherry, pepper, vanilla fudge and milk chocolate. And corn gave me a slight vision about the fields in rural Kentucky. The taste itself was bitter as I expected. Then it became sweet with the taste of corn and vanilla. Later on I got notes of candy, fudge and cherry. Chocolate was distant. Eventually the taste got a note of bitter, fine oak. Ending mainly tasted like fresh cherries and corn, even some butterscotch. To be honest, I have to say that even thou I didn't think much of giving a major notice, I still understand why this bourbon is told to be a fine start. It's sweet, bitter and simply, a classic. In my opinion this has more profile toward the taste than Jack, because this tastes more natural even thou it's a mass-produced product. Give it a go, but don't wait too much of it. It's a good starter. Is there anything else to say?
Why I give this whisky 10/10, you will ask? Surely, there are Chivas 25, Jack Daniels Sinatra version, Glenlivet 25 etc, all those fancy cognacs we see in the supermarkets behind locked glass, right....You will say this, right? Even something like a normal Chivas 12 or JWB 12 surely must taste better, right? My premise is that if you at some logic can not compare a 10.000 euros car to a 100.000+ lets say Mercedes SL 500. Sure merc is a tenner, and in comparisment all this small cars should mean that they are automatically garbage, right? Same you can not compare Jim Beam to everything fantastic your palate has tasted in the past. If you do that, you can not get higher than a solid 6. So its like all those 10/10 small cars can never be a true 10 against a Ferrari, Lambo...It doesnt work that way. At least not in my book. But I say you have to look for what you pay for the product, and what expectations are, and what the nearest competitors has to offer. What is the value, what gives you maximum value and enjoyment for your bucks that you ve spent. My current top 10 (in no particular order are): Chivas 18, Dimple 15, Glenmorengie 12 QR, Aberlour abunadh 55, Hennesy fine, Jack Daniels single barrel, Woodford reserve, Jack Daniels old 7, Laphroaig 10, Knob Creek.
Really nice we enjoyed it lot with fun and we feel a good taste of real visky.....
There is a New White Label Jim Beam with a Black Cap. What is the difference?
