Review #: 306
Description: Jim Beam White Label
Spirit: Bourbon
Background: The standard Bourbon offering from Beam, their white label is cheap, plentiful, and likely a blend of 1000s of barrels that don’t stand out. No age statement and 40% ABV, this is kicking off a mini series of bourbons/rye that this one will likely be the best of the bunch. So let’s see
Distillery – Beam
Bottler – Beam
Brand – Jim Beam
Selection – N/A
ABV – 40%
Age – NAS
Nose – Vanilla, some funky oak and grain, real mustiness and greeness to it, more air brings more ash and burnt corn
Taste – Light sugary sweetness, caramel, spring water, charcoal
Finish – Oak turns bitter, dry black pepper, acidic and not very good
Score: 3
Would I buy a bottle? No
Thoughts: Not starting out on a great note. Just a few too many negative things when there are similarly priced products that taste better (I’d go for Old Granddad even within the Beam portfolio). I get it’s supposed to be cheap, but even here I wouldn’t want to use this in a cocktail beyond mixing with coke.