Jim Beam Double Oak Twice Barreled

Straight from the jim beam press release.

Jim beam double oak twice barreled.

Neat in a glencairn whisky glass. Age nascent bourbon distillate in charred white oak as usual then rinse and repeat in a new freshly charred oak barrel. Jim beam double oak twice barreled. Jim beam double oak a twice barreled whiskey bourbon by nino kilgore marchetti april 11 2016.

Sweet candy corn brown sugar dry oak neat splash or rocks. Without the rinsing of course. Upload a picture details about this bottle edit whisky id. And more importantly is it any good.

2016 how i drank it. Twice barreled for enough flavor to go around. Corn typical jim beam trait varnish maple syrup green oak taste. 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 double oak a twice barreled bourbon that attempts to up the ante on the aging process through another spin through the rinse cycle. 86 proof 43 abv age. Read my review of the jim beam double oak to find out.

Jim beam double oak is first aged in a newly charred american white oak barrels. The jim beam black in particular reminds me a lot of knob creek smb. The added interaction with the oak results in a liquid intense in flavor and smooth in taste. Oddly enough the double oak seemed lighter in body to me though which is the reason it ended up scoring slightly below the black.

The second round of aging has no defined time requirement amount and lasts until it tastes right. 2 8 32 3 rate facebook. Today jim beam the world s no. Albeit a more tame and approachable version.

The idea is simple. The double oak tasted very similar to the black but with the oak dialed up. 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. Jim beam double oak starts life as jim beam white.

4 years and then aged to taste in a 2nd brand new barrel year. 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. At only 86 proof i drank this one neat and would recommend doing the. This of course isn t a new idea.

Then we pour it into another freshly charred white oak barrel to mature for a second time.