Jim Beam 7 Year Old Distillers Series

Jim Beam Black Label

Jim Beam black? More like Jim Beam bleck! Ok, ok...all silliness aside, I got this mainly to mix into old fashions and wasn't expecting much. This used to come with an age statement, but now it just reads "extra aged," whatever that means. An extra 2 months? 2 years? Who knows. Lets try it neat and see how we feel. Nose: Vanilla,...

Score 70/100

Jim Beam Repeal Batch

It is hitting the 90s in Tennessee now, so I went to grab a nice gose for doing yardwork. I saw this sitting on the shelf for $15. They had me once I read 'non-chill filtered.' This is Jim Beam Repeal Batch. Marketed as a prohibition repeal tribute. It is a limited run, 86 proof, NCF bourbon. My expectations are on the lower side. Nose: Pretty...

Score 81/100

Jim Beam Rye Pre-Prohibition Style

Nose: smells like bourbon! Lots of oak char, some sweet fruit and spices. The rye takes its sweet time to emerge in the form of spearmint and lemon balm. Taste: quite prickly off the hop, with some of that leathery Beam smokiness, then the promised dry spices. Finish: long and oak-driven. Balance: not much of a sipper, this. Tasty enough but...

Score 78/100

Jim Beam Bonded / 50% / 100cl

Nose: a sweet, heady aroma. Baked goods, apple pie with cinnamon. Deeper down, oak char. Taste: big, full-bodied flavour starting with apple skin, moving into sweet spices and then the oak char, before some late bread-like yeasty notes emerge. Very drinkable. Finish: relatively calm and short, with some pleasant lingering spices. Balance:...

Score 86/100