Jim Beam Black Bourbon Review

It belongs in any environment where you care less about having great bourbon in your glass and more about not having shitty bourbon in your glass.

Jim beam black bourbon review.

Jim beam black is 86 proof and double aged meaning it spends twice as long as jim beam original 8 years in charred white oak barrels. Hoping that this would turn out well i got a glass and started the review. The result is a full bodied bourbon with an extra level of elegance and refinement that s meant to be sipped and savored. As i mentioned before this is an easy drinking bourbon and would be appropriate as an inexpensive go to for cocktails or mixers.

A have a glass or two while grilling and watching the fights kind of bourbon. The color is a dark golden amber. There have been a number of similar jim beam black versions from double aged declared 8 year age statement xa extra and the latest us release called extra aged. Jim beam black extra aged bourbon was a real surprise for me.

This gives it a more mellow and complex taste. Jim beam makes great bourbon and it s on display in their small batch series which includes knob creek basil hayden s baker s and booker s based on how jim beam black extra aged is positioned and marketed in beam s portfolio it fills the gap between the inexpensive and basic jim beam white and the company s more expensive and complex small batch bourbons. For this review it was the export market 6 year old which is labelled as triple aged so three times the minimum maturation period to be called straight bourbon. I prefer the black label too.

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