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Jim Beam Signature Craft 12 Year Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
March 19, 2015 (edited May 17, 2016)
The low-ish ABV hurts this one, but as someone who's normally antagonistic toward the Beam flavour profile, I have to admit I actually kind of enjoyed it: twelve years in oak help to add a bit more dimension and flavour to complement (if not outright mask) the funky-nutty Beam yeast. Flavours here of peanut butter, earthy nuttiness, hot roasted peanuts, cinnamon, vanilla, leather, corn husk. Gravel, cherry, raspberry. Chocolate, something vinous. Tastes a bit like Nerds candy. Stone fruits, cinnamon, vanilla. Fairly dry, tobacco. The finish is the only point at which this stuff feels a bit over-oaked, bitter, and tannic. But in general the Beam Signature Craft does wear its twelve years of ageing pretty well.
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