Beam's Choice American Samoa Decanter

Jim Beam Black Label

Ahh, Jim Beam Black Label. My first bottle of Bourbon purchased with a "mature" palate. As I started this whisk(e)y journey with Scotch, I became curious of what was in my "backyard". Kentucky is famous for Bourbon and is a neighboring state of Virginia to our west. I knew I wanted a bold, thick representation of a Bourbon to...

Score 87/100

Jim Beam Rye Pre-Prohibition Style

Nose: smells like bourbon! Lots of oak char, some sweet fruit and spices. The rye takes its sweet time to emerge in the form of spearmint and lemon balm. Taste: quite prickly off the hop, with some of that leathery Beam smokiness, then the promised dry spices. Finish: long and oak-driven. Balance: not much of a sipper, this. Tasty enough but...

Score 78/100

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 Devil's Cut Bourbon

Cool marketing. Squeezing the extra whisky from the oak barrels. And the oak shows for sure. This is a noticeably strong whisky, and on the palate it's oak, oak and more oak. Some vanilla and cherry show up later, but my palate was kind of overwhelmed by the oak. It's a full bodied drink and not for the faint of heart. But it's enjoyable for sure....

Score 76/100