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Bottling Name | Jim Beam Black | Bottled By | James B. Beam Distilling Co. Clermont,KY | Type | Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey | Alcohol content | 90 Proof | Availability | US: No Longer Available Japan: Unknown Duty Free: Unknown Europe: Unknown | Age | 7 | Views (since 20080612) | 12294 | Bottling Info | |
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Review from spun_cookie (BourbonEnthusiast Review ID 859, Created:20071016200230, Updated:20090517193458) Purchased at: | Happy hour at the Hilton | Purchased for: | nada | Info on this bottle: | 750 ml | Proof Of this Bottle: | 90 | Nose: | light pepper with a ting of vinilla (very little) | Taste: | After 3 of them.... better... at first much like the JD green... bad... after time not a bad sipper on ice | Finish: | short... a little vinilla, a little apple... | Overall: | Great choice whe it is the only bourbon available and it is free... If I had my choice between this and JD black I would take JD black everytime...
Not bad where I will not drink it again, I would just prefer something else for the $
Do not try something mid to top shelf and then drink this... start with this and enjoy some poker
... Jim Beam makes some far better bourbons |
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Review from bourbonv (BourbonEnthusiast Review ID 817, Created:20070818144309, Updated:20090517193558) Purchased at: | Estate sale | Info on this bottle: | Aged 101 months | Proof Of this Bottle: | 90 | Nose: | Caramel and vanilla with some corn sweetness and pepper spice. | Taste: | Very nice moth feel with no alcohol burn but some nice warmth. Sweet candy corn and pepper spice with a hint of oak wood. A little apple fruit and leather makes for a very balanced bourbon. | Finish: | Long - sweet at first with ripe apple and caramel, but it get a little drier as the wood tannins kick in making for a nice woody finish. | Overall: | A very good bourbon to drink neat, to mix in a cocktail or to cook with.
Tasted in a Glencairn glass. |
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Review from gillmang (BourbonEnthusiast Review ID 761, Created:20070430132924, Updated:20090517193645) Purchased at: | I believe in California from a small liquor store | Purchased for: | ? | Info on this bottle: | An early 1970's bottle tasted at Gazebo, provided by Doug Philips, this was not Beam's Choice (as pointed out to me by Chuck Cowdery) but the progenitor of today's Beam Black | Proof Of this Bottle: | 90 | Nose: | Dark caramel | Taste: | Thick, sweet, soft, with a mild spicy background | Finish: | Lingering, more toffee and molasses | Overall: | Superb bottling, quite different from today's and in a different league, in my opinion. There is some connection with today's Beam Black Label, but a distant one. This was classy stuff. |
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