Jim Beam Masterpiece 20 Year Old Port Wood

Jim Beam Double Oak

This Double Oak version from Jim Beam was launched in 2016. As the name suggests it is matured in not one, but two barrels, freshly charred. The nose is honeysweet on vanilla sugar, caramel, hint of fruit tea and coconut milk, hazelnuts, menthol and bitter oranges, but there is also some nail polish remover there (and no, Dearly Beloved is not...

Score 75/100

Jim Beam Old Tub Bottled in Bond

A non-chill-filtered, non-carbon filtered Jim Beam offering at 100 proof for $44 CAD? Count me in. I tend to like the Jim Beam profile (i.e. roasted peanuts and caramel popcorn) so I bought this one blind. **Tasting notes** From a Libbey Kentucky Bourbon glass * Nose: vanilla, caramel popcorn, roasted peanuts, and something "farmy" like...

Score 84/100

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

Sure I love a bunch of barley-malt whiskies, but...Rye is still my favourite whisk(e)y style. From my first taste and bottle of Jim Beam Yellow Label Rye Whiskey, the rye styles have claimed my top 3 favourite whiskies ever, with the exception of that taste of 40 yo 1967 Duncan Taylor Springbank malt That was probably early in 2009, and the Jim...

Score 79/100