← Jim Beam
Jim Beam Bonded
- Age
- 4 years
- ABV
- 50%
Tasting
How it drinks
- Sight
- Golden amber; slightly richer than White Label due to higher proof concentration, medium legs
- Nose
- Traditional bourbon — caramel, oak, vanilla — enriched with dark fruits, powdered sugar, candy notes, honey, and spice. Cherry and butterscotch emerge. More aromatic than White Label at 100 proof
- Palate
- Medium to full body. Candy corn and dark fruit leather mixed with sarsaparilla spice. Lighter notes of toffee, vanilla, wood, and raw grain. The 100 proof delivers more flavor intensity than either White or Black Label. Good balance of sweet and spice with a warming character
- Finish
- Medium-long fade of corn, caramel, wood, and allspice. More substantial finish than White Label — the bonded proof sustains the flavor longer. Excellent value for a bottled-in-bond bourbon
Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.
Maturation
The wood it came through
- New charred American oak barrels — bottled in bond (single distilling season
- single distillery)
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