piechefguy
Jim Beam Signature Craft Quarter Cask Finish
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
January 10, 2020 (edited January 12, 2020)
Can't believe I found this for $33 for a 750ml bottle! Given the ex bourbon/sherry cask finishing I'm pretty excited as I really liked the PX Sherry finished Distiller's Masterpiece.
Nose: Sweet vanilla and brown sugar with dried cherry and fig. This has the usual Jim Beam boiled peanuts but kind of a dusty note that mixes with a little bit of funk and comes out a little bit like hazelnut in the end.
Flavor: Very bourbony right up front with vanilla and dark sugars but right away more dark fruit and a little bit of sherry funk. It's a little spicy too with quite a bit of oak.
Finish: More rye spice and dark fruit fades in to a heavily drying oaky finish. Very long and keeps going with more drying oak that I assume comes from contact with those small casks.
This is excellent! The sherry isn't super pronounced, coming forward more with background dark fruit notes but I like the way the sherry notes play with the heavy oak from the quarter casks all overshadowed by the traditional Jim Beam bourbon flavors.
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