The result is a full bodied bourbon with an extra level of elegance and refinement that s meant to be sipped and savored.
Jim beam black bourbon review.
I recently did some work on the jim beam double oak and had heard that many people preferred the jim beam black.
The color is a dark golden amber.
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.
I prefer the black label too.
This gives it a more mellow and complex taste.
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.
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.
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.
That s why jim beam black is and always will be extra aged to taste and bottled only when it s just right.
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.
A have a glass or two while grilling and watching the fights kind of bourbon.
Jim beam black extra aged bourbon was a real surprise for me.
Jim beam black label review.