Jim Beam Double Oak Twice Barreled

Without the rinsing of course.

Jim beam double oak twice barreled.

Today jim beam the world s no. The double oak tasted very similar to the black but with the oak dialed up. 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. So is it intense in flavor smooth in taste.

Straight from the jim beam press release. At only 86 proof i drank this one neat and would recommend doing the. 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. This of course isn t a new idea.

Twice barreled for enough flavor to go around. The idea is simple. Jim beam double oak twice barreled. Oddly enough the double oak seemed lighter in body to me though which is the reason it ended up scoring slightly below the black.

Then we pour it into another freshly charred white oak barrel to mature for a second time. Neat in a glencairn whisky glass. Jim beam double oak starts life as jim beam white. 2 8 32 3 rate facebook.

And more importantly is it any good. 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. 4 years and then aged to taste in a 2nd brand new barrel year. Sweet candy corn brown sugar dry oak neat splash or rocks.

Age nascent bourbon distillate in charred white oak as usual then rinse and repeat in a new freshly charred oak barrel. Albeit a more tame and approachable version. Corn typical jim beam trait varnish maple syrup green oak taste. Read my review of the jim beam double oak to find out.

Jim beam double oak a twice barreled whiskey bourbon by nino kilgore marchetti april 11 2016. Jim beam double oak is first aged in a newly charred american white oak barrels. Maker s 46 hit in 2010 and woodford reserve launched its double oaked bourbon in 2012. The added interaction with the oak results in a liquid intense in flavor and smooth in taste.

Upload a picture details about this bottle edit whisky id. 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. 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 jim beam black in particular reminds me a lot of knob creek smb.