Jim Beam Pre-Prohibition Style Rye

Not a bad mixer. Slightly creamy in my old fashioned. A little bit harsh in the finish, a touch of the pepper. Definitely feels thin compared to some of the higher end ryes.

Nose - Herbal vanilla, hint of sweet cherries, sweet mint, sharp artificial sweetness like corn syrup. Taste - Brown sugar simple, vanilla, light bitter oakiness that is kind of like a stone fruit pit mixed with the herbal nature of older mint stems. Finish - Lingering corn syrup like sweetness, light cinnamon burn, light fruity stone fruit pit/mint stem bitterness. Score - 84/100 Final Thoughts - This has a very nice nose in that it's sweet & fruity and shows great promise. Once you take a sip, you still get this sweet & fruity nature, but then this light bitterness comes into play that is a little disappointing. It finishes just like the taste with a mix of nice sweet/fruity/sweet mint, but the oaky bitterness is a bit unpleasant, but tolerable. This makes a fantastic mixer for both old fashioneds as well as manhattans and isn't too bad neat either, but I think I prefer this as a mixer as it hides the bitterness a bit better.