Jim Beam Black Label

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 Black Label

A bought a little sample of this with a sample of Larceny by Old Fitzgerald and a fifth of Rittenhouse Rye 100 proof BiB. Reviews will be forth coming... Anyways review incoming. Nose: Caramel galore with small bits of vanilla, spice, and amounts of alcohol float across my nose. Not much going on here.. Body: Upon swirling, thin, relatively fast...

Score 75/100

Jim Beam Black Label

Nose, Taste, Finish and Balance are graded out of 2.5 each: Nose: Luxurious pistachio ice-cream and crunchy nougat, with some fresh sweet-corn thrown in for good measure. A beautiful balance of corn and rye. The Jim Beam Black aroma is such a distinct one, and one that I never grow tired of. 2.5 Taste: Medium bodied and oily. The sweet-corn is the...

Score 85/100

Jim Beam Black Label

It's not the sexiest, most expensive, unique, or "select". It is one of the most heavily marketed, well known, recognized, and readily available......that being said, one would not expect JB Black to be so solidly good. I believe that it is. The nose: Warm vanilla creme and sweet corn, but not overly glucose-ish (creative liberty)....

Score 87/100