Jim Beam Double Oak Twice Barreled Review

Then we pour it into another freshly charred white oak barrel to mature for a second time.

Jim beam double oak twice barreled review.

Age nascent bourbon distillate in charred white oak as usual then rinse and repeat in a new freshly charred oak barrel. Jim beam double oak twice barreled bourbon. And more importantly is it any good. 1 bourbon announces the release of jim beam double oak an exceptional and perfectly balanced kentucky straight bourbon whiskey finished in oak that is twice barreled to create richer and woodier flavors than other whiskies.

Old tub bourbon 23. The second round of aging has no defined time requirement amount and lasts until it tastes right. Jim beam double oak is first aged in a newly charred american white oak barrels. Michter s us 1 toasted barrel finish bourbon 2018.

Maker s 46 hit in 2010 and woodford reserve launched its double oaked bourbon in 2012. The idea is simple. Albeit a more tame and approachable version. Today jim beam the world s no.

Christopher null is the founder and editor in chief of drinkhacker. Straight from the jim beam press release. At only 86 proof i drank this one neat and would recommend doing the. Michter s us 1 toasted barrel finish bourbon 2015.

Jim beam double oak bourbon proof. Neat in a glencairn whisky glass. The jim beam black in particular reminds me a lot of knob creek smb. Read my review of the jim beam double oak to find out.

86 proof 43 abv age. Jim beam double oak a twice barreled bourbon that attempts to up the ante on the aging process through another spin through the rinse cycle. A veteran writer and journalist. 4 years and then aged to taste in a 2nd brand new barrel year.

So is it intense in flavor smooth in taste. Twice barreled for enough flavor to go around. Jim beam double oak starts life as jim beam white. Corn typical jim beam trait varnish maple syrup green oak taste.

Jim beam is the worlds 2nd biggest selling whiskey brand after good old jack daniels and their standard white label offering ships an enormous number of units per year. Without the rinsing of course. The added interaction with the oak results in a liquid intense in flavor and smooth in taste. In other words the standard jim beam kentucky straight bourbon same mash bill same four ish years in oak takes a second barrel ride for an undisclosed period of time.

Sweet candy corn brown sugar dry oak neat splash or rocks. 2016 how i drank it. The double oak tasted very similar to the black but with the oak dialed up.