Jim Beam Bonded Bourbon

Nose: honey, oak, candy corn, slight toast or biscuits Palate: richer and less bitter than standard Beam, mint, baking spices Finish: medium, more spice, and even less bitter than the standard white label I’m imagining in my mind before the bourbon hype (and the stocks were stretched thin) that this is more like what white label used to taste like even if it was lower proof. This is nice and even lacks some of that Beam funk some people detect (including me) that I usually don’t like.

Alcoholic leather on the nose. Air and sudden harsh heat on the tongue.

Deep and intense nose. Loads of oak, chocolate, vanilla, caramel, unabashedly barrel house in aroma and flavor. Spicy hot finish with a warm lingering hug. An absolute steal at $17.99