Jim Beam 8 Year Old 1940s Gus Gay

Jim Beam Distiller's Masterpiece

Jim Beam has joined the ranks of distilleries finishing their bourbon. The distiller's masterpiece was once only available by making a trip to Kentucky. Now you can find this premium spirit in limited quantities nationwide. The masterpiece carries no age statement but instead has been "extra aged" in an optimal warehouse location. The...

Score 85/100

Jim Beam White Label

Jim Beam is still one of the best-selling bourbons in the States and their White Label heads the statistics in that regard. Thanks to my buddy Timon I could try a bottle from the 1990s. Let’s not forget that this was developed to be used as a mixer, rather than be sipped in its own right. The nose is rife with OBE, making it smell bad for a minute...

Score 75/100

Jim Beam White Label

Mainstream macro brand. One of the cheapest not only whiskey’s but hard liquors available at my supermarket. Cracked open a bottle at home. Taste is that of cheap hooch, ABV is the legally min. one (my bottle was 40 % ABV) but this feels like undiluted Russian moonshine. Overly boozy mixed with brown sugar with simple oak & vanilla, almost...

Score 45/100

Jim Beam Legent

Nose: toasty, sweet, and syrupy. Cinnamon and woodsmoke. Baked apple. Vanilla and citrus buried beneath. Sort of like a fruitier version of Knob Creek. Taste: medium-bodied and initially dry on the tongue. Very oaky with lots of spice, becoming even drier as it spreads across the palate. Mouth-coating and tangy. The initial sweetness is subdued. ...

Score 87/100