Jim Beam Bonded Bourbon

Burn burn plus a bit more burn.....!

Nose: caramel, butterscotch, toffee, apples, Taste: Bing cherry, peanuts, a very light caramel that's almost a honey / butterscotch. Brown sugar. Bit of generic spice. Lovely ripe bananas. Almost a little candy corn

Nose: apples, vanilla, Beam funk, some spice Palate: ethanol, nutty bread and pie crust, slight caramel and cinnamon finish

Jim Beam Bonded is basically an amped up regular JB, but offers better value and kick at 50% ABV. Some describe this one as a younger Knob Creek and it does hint at KC flavors but not nearly as deep, rich, and savory. Enjoyed neat in a Glencairn. Nose is not overly exciting but offers the basics: caramel, vanilla, dusty corn grain, cinnamon spice and oak. On the palate you get immediate spice on the tongue and some heat but not overwhelming. Lightly sweet corn ethanol with nutty peanut brittle or peanut butter undertones. Definitely the expected Beam dusty peanut flavors here, and once the palate fully adjusts I quite enjoy the flavor even though it's fairly one dimensional. Finish is medium with some oak, vanilla, hints of maple, light tobacco. Finish is not deep and rich maple or strong oak like Knob Creek but I taste similar flavors, just much weaker. The finish is the best part of this expression as some richer notes pop up that don't present in the nose or immediate palate. Overall it's certainly not bad, but not terribly exciting in any way. It's really just a less watered down regular JB for a decent price, which is not a bad thing if you like Beam products. For a BiB bourbon, I'd take Henry McKenna all day, but it's also $15 more per bottle. A closer comparison would be Evan Williams BiB, but I prefer the JB. But to be honest Wild Turkey 101 or Beam Distiller's Cut beats this or the EW by a mile in flavors for similar cost! Cheers!

Very good for the price

Good solid everyday dram, nothing to complex but still pleasant. Sweet and some oranges on the palate with a nice finish full of spices (mainly cinnamon) and some black pepper in the back. For 32 CAD$ this is great, cheers!

This has become my go to mixer and can still serve as a sipper. Dusty, hot, and barrel on the palette. Recognizable as Jim Beam but a distant cousin to white label.