Jim Beam Double Oak Twice Barreled

The jim beam black in particular reminds me a lot of knob creek smb.

Jim beam double oak twice barreled.

Maker s 46 hit in 2010 and woodford reserve launched its double oaked bourbon in 2012. Upload a picture details about this bottle edit whisky id. Jim beam double oak bourbon proof. And more importantly is it any good.

Jim beam double oak a twice barreled whiskey bourbon by nino kilgore marchetti april 11 2016. Neat in a glencairn whisky glass. Then we pour it into another freshly charred white oak barrel to mature for a second time. The double oak tasted very similar to the black but with the oak dialed up.

2016 how i drank it. At only 86 proof i drank this one neat and would recommend doing the. Without the rinsing of course. 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.

Age nascent bourbon distillate in charred white oak as usual then rinse and repeat in a new freshly charred oak barrel. The added interaction with the oak results in a liquid intense in flavor and smooth in taste. 2 8 32 3 rate facebook. 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.

Oddly enough the double oak seemed lighter in body to me though which is the reason it ended up scoring slightly below the black. 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 double oak is first aged in a newly charred american white oak barrels. Jim beam double oak twice barreled.

This of course isn t a new idea. 4 years and then aged to taste in a 2nd brand new barrel year. The second round of aging has no defined time requirement amount and lasts until it tastes right. 86 proof 43 abv age.

Straight from the jim beam press release. Today jim beam the world s no. Albeit a more tame and approachable version. Sweet candy corn brown sugar dry oak neat splash or rocks.

Read my review of the jim beam double oak to find out. 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. The idea is simple. Twice barreled for enough flavor to go around.

So is it intense in flavor smooth in taste.