Jim Beam Double Oak Twice Barreled Review

Jim beam double oak is first aged in a newly charred american white oak barrels.

Jim beam double oak twice barreled review.

Jim beam double oak starts life as jim beam white. A veteran writer and journalist. 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. Albeit a more tame and approachable version.

Age nascent bourbon distillate in charred white oak as usual then rinse and repeat in a new freshly charred oak barrel. The idea is simple. Read my review of the jim beam double oak to find out. 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.

Sweet candy corn brown sugar dry oak neat splash or rocks. Jim beam double oak bourbon proof. Straight from the jim beam press release. Old tub bourbon 23.

The double oak tasted very similar to the black but with the oak dialed up. Then we pour it into another freshly charred white oak barrel to mature for a second time. Corn typical jim beam trait varnish maple syrup green oak taste. The jim beam black in particular reminds me a lot of knob creek smb.

The added interaction with the oak results in a liquid intense in flavor and smooth in taste. 2016 how i drank it. Twice barreled for enough flavor to go around. Maker s 46 hit in 2010 and woodford reserve launched its double oaked bourbon in 2012.

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. Christopher null is the founder and editor in chief of drinkhacker. Michter s us 1 toasted barrel finish bourbon 2018. The second round of aging has no defined time requirement amount and lasts until it tastes right.

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. And more importantly is it any good. Today jim beam the world s no. Oddly enough the double oak seemed lighter in body to me though which is the reason it ended up scoring slightly below the black.

Neat in a glencairn whisky glass. 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. Without the rinsing of course. Michter s us 1 toasted barrel finish bourbon 2015.

86 proof 43 abv age. This of course isn t a new idea. Jim beam double oak twice barreled bourbon.