Jim Beam Double Barrel

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Then we pour it into another freshly charred white oak barrel to mature for a second time. The added interaction with the oak results in a liquid intense in flavor and smooth in taste. Try in a peach smash. After selecting and dumping a bunch of 4 year old barrels they take that bourbon and put it back into brand new charred oak barrels for a second round of aging.

The added interaction with the oak results in a liquid intense in flavor and smooth in taste. Roughly 77 corn 13 rye and 10 malted barley. Honestly it s pretty good. The aroma carries rich notes of caramel and vanilla with hints of toasted wood.

Jim beam s double oak might answer that question. Jim beam isn t my first choice for sipping something neat but this might actually be okay. Unmistakably darker and rustier than the white label. Jim beam double oak is first aged in a newly charred american white oak barrels.

This month after launching in select countries worldwide earlier this year. Jim beam double oak starts life as jim beam white. A bourbon made with twice the craftsmanship of most. Very heavy on the vanilla.

The second round of aging has no defined time requirement amount and lasts until it tastes right. It s very heavy on the oak flavors as one would expect from a double oak offering tasting more like you re licking the inside of an oak barrel than anything else. This of course isn t a new idea. Continuing from my last review this jim beam double oak was another new pickup for me meant as a mixer.

Jim beam double oak will begin hitting shelves in the u s. Maker s 46 hit in 2010 and woodford reserve launched its double oaked bourbon in 2012. So is it intense in flavor smooth in taste. Jim beam double oak.

And more importantly is it any good. 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. 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. This latest innovation from jim beam has a golden amber color and a distinctive spiced oakiness with intense caramel and toffee flavors.

I ve enjoyed what the second oak cask brought to woodford s bourbon so i came in with some small hope that this might have a similar flavor profile for mixing at a much lower price. A worthy replacement for the now discontinued jim beam black. Then we pour it into another freshly charred white oak barrel to mature for a second time. Jim beam double oak is first aged in a newly charred american white oak barrels.

Read my review of the jim beam double oak to find out.