Jim Beam Double Oak Twice Barreled

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

Jim beam double oak twice barreled.

Today jim beam the world s no. 1 bourbon announces the release of jim beam double oak an exceptional and perfectly balanced kentucky straight bourbon whiskey finished in oak that is twice barreled to create richer and woodier flavors than other whiskies. Twice barreled for enough flavor to go around. Read my review of the jim beam double oak to find out.

Jim beam double oak starts life as jim beam white. Sweet candy corn brown sugar dry oak neat splash or rocks. 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. 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. And more importantly is it any good. Without the rinsing of course. At only 86 proof i drank this one neat and would recommend doing the.

The idea is simple. Straight from the jim beam press release. Jim beam double oak bourbon proof. Neat in a glencairn whisky glass.

2 8 32 3 rate facebook. This of course isn t a new idea. The double oak tasted very similar to the black but with the oak dialed up. 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.

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 a twice barreled whiskey bourbon by nino kilgore marchetti april 11 2016. Albeit a more tame and approachable version. 86 proof 43 abv age.

Then we pour it into another freshly charred white oak barrel to mature for a second time. 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. 2016 how i drank it. The added interaction with the oak results in a liquid intense in flavor and smooth in taste.

Upload a picture details about this bottle edit whisky id. Oddly enough the double oak seemed lighter in body to me though which is the reason it ended up scoring slightly below the black. So is it intense in flavor smooth in taste. Jim beam double oak is first aged in a newly charred american white oak barrels.

The second round of aging has no defined time requirement amount and lasts until it tastes right.