Jim Beam Double Oak Twice Barreled Review

Maker s 46 hit in 2010 and woodford reserve launched its double oaked bourbon in 2012.

Jim beam double oak twice barreled review.

4 years and then aged to taste in a 2nd brand new barrel year. Then we pour it into another freshly charred white oak barrel to mature for a second time. Michter s us 1 toasted barrel finish bourbon 2015. Jim beam double oak starts life as jim beam white.

The added interaction with the oak results in a liquid intense in flavor and smooth in taste. At only 86 proof i drank this one neat and would recommend doing the. A veteran writer and journalist. And more importantly is it any good.

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. The idea is simple. The second round of aging has no defined time requirement amount and lasts until it tastes right. Neat in a glencairn whisky glass.

This of course isn t a new idea. Jim beam double oak is first aged in a newly charred american white oak barrels. Christopher null is the founder and editor in chief of drinkhacker. Today jim beam the world s no.

Without the rinsing of course. 86 proof 43 abv age. The double oak tasted very similar to the black but with the oak dialed up. 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.

Jim beam double oak bourbon proof. 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. Jim beam double oak twice barreled bourbon. Old tub bourbon 23.

Oddly enough the double oak seemed lighter in body to me though which is the reason it ended up scoring slightly below the black. Age nascent bourbon distillate in charred white oak as usual then rinse and repeat in a new freshly charred oak barrel. 2016 how i drank it. Michter s us 1 toasted barrel finish bourbon 2018.

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. Sweet candy corn brown sugar dry oak neat splash or rocks. Straight from the jim beam press release. Albeit a more tame and approachable version.

The jim beam black in particular reminds me a lot of knob creek smb. Corn typical jim beam trait varnish maple syrup green oak taste. So is it intense in flavor smooth in taste.