Jim Beam Rare Breed

This is the final major distillery of the bourbonr mash bill breakdowns wild turkey mash bills are simple.

Jim beam rare breed.

Wild turkey rare breed is often perceived as the first step up from mass market to premium in the lawrenceburg kentucky distillery s line. One bourbon 75 13 12 corn rye barley and one rye 37 51 12 corn rye barley with most likely the same yeast strand for each what s interesting is how they re able to produce different flavor profiles with age and warehouse location as their only variables. There s still one wild turkey product on my top 25 see end of the season new no. Jim beam the world s 1 kentucky bourbon and an american tradition.

Wild turkey rare breed barrel proof bourbon. There s a good. Looking at the laser code on the side of this bottle tells me this rare breed 116 8 proof is a 2018 release and that makes me happy. Happy because it tells me that wild turkey is still strolling along putting out great rare breed releases despite no longer giving them a release code as they have in years past.

Old tub was an old jim beam brand that dates back to the late 1800s and 2020s beam decided to bring it back as a limited time release. Crafted in one of the few distilleries to remain dedicated to the art of rye whiskey rare breed rye is a blend of non chill filtered rye. Among the old breed of rye whiskey fans the folks that predate the rye craze of 2011 12 wild turkey s rye holds a special place even though it has always been a kentucky rye in that era when sourced brands based on mgp s 95 rye were only just becoming known wild turkey 101 rye was the bold and full bodied favorite. Since you ve named jim beam black or perhaps regular jim beam that s a good start but vs.

Discover jim beam bourbons and whiskeys. Bottled at barrel proof actually barrel proof varies somewhat so take this as a typical or. In wild turkey s words. Made for more than 200 years using a secret family recipe.

Going even lower in the barrel proof proof you ll get a bourbon like rare breed which is still husky at a respectable 56 abv. It s a bonded expression of straight kentucky bourbon and though it carries no formal age statement it s at least 4 years old. Rare breed was first released in 1991 and along with bookers remains one of the longest running barrel proof bourbons on the market anecdotally speaking i feel rare breed is not given as much attention as it deserves. Wild turkey rare breed rye details and tasting notes.

This is possibly due to its proof being on the lower end of the spectrum for a barrel proof bourbon along with other wild turkey brands that may cannibalize its own consumer. Wild turkey by mash bill.