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.
Drank Jack for years but have gotten to appreciate Beam. A very good value for a good whiskey.
The nose is very subtle almost tough to pick up on an aroma. I did pic up on light vanilla and oak. The sip is very light not a whole lot of flavor. There are hints spice, a lot of oak and light vanilla, but nothing special. The finish is dry with some spice. Overall white label is not bad, but nothing to write home about.
While this lacks some of the complexity and fruity notes of Jack Daniels, it's still very drinkable, and at about 8 bucks less per 750ml. While it doesn't have the richer caramel/bananabread flavors of Jack Daniels, it does have nicely balanced corn/nut qualities and a pleasing smoke flavor. Would definitely buy again, not as rich as Jack Daniels but perfectly fine in its own right. I'd think of it as a budget "good" Bourbon whiskey. Bourbon whiskey that I've tried that's at a lower price point than this has universally been undrinkable.
Smoky taste for that price is really nice, really good for novices to experiment liquors. I experimented the same taste savoring expensive whiskeys, and that one is a first state to flavors for new comers.
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