Tastes

Drinking straight. On the nose you get a bitter cinnamon and dry vanilla. Thin. Taste adds on the same with a standard Jim Beam bitter oak. Short aftertaste. For the price you can do better and do worse. Definitely ok but the extra aging is really only apparent on the nose. Getting a little bit more sweetness as it goes on. On ice it becomes sort of a bitter tannic mess. Will definitely find its way into some cider or a toddy soon.

Creamy marshmallow and that chalky Smarties candy smell with nice baking spice. Mellow rye comes in on the sip and lasts. Aftertaste is medium long with more dry rye and salty cinnamon. Overall a complex bottle at reasonable price.

Thick sweet with woody savory throughout. Excellent edition that is noticeably better than the January version. It’s got some different layers and has developed nicely after a few drinks.

Picked this up in duty free Istanbul. $99/liter. Comes out the bottle almost brown. Brown sugar is the main swetness. Toasted cherry with a dark brown banana bread you get from a lot of JD. The taste is banana with sweet cinnamon. After a bit you get spicy marshmallow. Long aftertaste with thick smooth texture. Roasty sweet all the way through. Sucks that this is only a duty free thing, but it’s excellent.

Banana bread from the nose to the finish. Sweet. Its not a bad thing though. Sort of a one note flavor profile that is very good. Turns up the JD sweet woody banana flavor all the way up. Haven’t had it in a while but will likely revisit just based on price/availability/quality.

Thick and oaky nose. There is a spicy apple mixed in with vanilla, cinnamon, caramel. The flavor profile is pretty standard, but it works and has a medium long aftertaste that starts warm but not overpowering and brings in more fresh bakery tastes. Holds up with an ice ball but fine on its own. Great value.

Nose of burnt vanilla and dried raisins. Taste brings in some wild apple and toasted oak with the sherry flavor at the end. Medium long aftertaste getting lighter and sweeter. Not super deep but a smooth and flavorful dram.

First time trying. Nose was strong dry spicy cinnamon bread. A savory bitterness behind it too. Taste brings in more raisins and dry cinnamon bread, with a strong herbal lingering for a solid 15 seconds. Aftertaste tapers off into more spicy dark bread and bitter maple. I plan to revisit once i get a better rye palate. It got better by the end of the bottle but was at its best over a large ice ball.

Its got a more oaky wood and bitter nose. Taste is sweeter with cherry dry vanilla and lasts a solid 15 seconds leaning into a more dry less sweet and spicy cinnamon bread. Ends with a apple syrupy punch. Below average for an ECBP, but enjoyable overall. I’ll enjoy this for what it is but will be looking forward to the next release.

I wish it was a little higher proof and that the mesquite smokiness was more apparent. That said, its a nice variation on the WT. Different enough from WT101 to justify the $7 jump.