Jim Beam Vanilla

this is not whiskey. it's whiskey flavored vanilla schnapps. if you drink whiskey neat or on the rocks this will taste like syrup. this is as close to whiskey as Zima is to beer. 0.25 stars

Just doing a quick review here as I’m at a Friendsgiving party and this was out on the bar. Figured I’d give it a taste and see just how bad it is. Bottled at 35% ABV and is chill filtered and has colorant added making it a honey gold color. The nose is all vanilla ice cream, harsh alcoholic vanilla ice cream. A trace hit of oak but nothing to really take note of. Very sugary, sticky sweet and not in a good way. The palate starts out with with sweet vanilla ice cream, but quickly, very quickly, takes on a green olive taste. It’s really gross and strange. Sugary olive brine with vanilla. Harsh at times, but very sugary. This stuff is meant for drowning with Coke or putting in some fruity tropical drink with coconut. A light bodied mouthfeel that is syrupy and thick. The, unfortunately, is much longer than you’d like. Vanilla and olive brine. Please don’t buy this unless you are designating it for mixing. Don’t try it neat, it’s garbage.

Wouldn’t try again. Tastes artificial and anything but natural

Part of a sample 12 Days of Christmas pack. First of the 12. Quick hit review. Aromas of McCormicks vanilla extract, custard, confectionery sugar. This is artificially sweet vanilla cream soda with grenadine. Finishes of sugar glazing and white pepper with some wood tannins. A mixer for sure. Not sure where the bourbon is found. If you want a sweet, artificially flavored vodka-like 90’s spirit, then this is for you. Definitely for the masses and not to be taken seriously. Designed not to offend or push boundaries. Have fun with it if this your thing. [Tasted: 12/2/20]

Smelled fantastic. Tasted like straight sugar at a sickeningly sweet level. The rest will be mixed 10:1 with Dr. Pepper to cover up the sweetness.

Bad idea. Extremely sweet. Never again

Too sweet. Maybe use as a mixer.

Garbage

“Atticus said to Jem one day, “I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. “Your father’s right,” she said. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing except make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corn cribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” – Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird There. I figured it would be better for you guys to read something beautiful than to spend time extolling the non-existent virtues of this free sample of a vanilla flavored abomination of a liquid that was hanging limp from a bottle of Jim Beam I purchased today. Curl up with a good book and a great dram and avoid Jim Beam Vanilla like you’d avoid your bitching mother-in-law, an after hours phone call from your work or reality television. You’ll thank me for it later. Cheers.

A lot of Vanilla! Wow!!