Bourbon Reviews:
| Bottling Name | Jim Beam Black Collectors Decanter | | Bottled By | James B. Beam Distilling Co. Clermont,KY | | Type | Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey | | Alcohol content | 86 Proof | | Availability | US: Available Japan: Unknown Duty Free: Unknown Europe: Unknown | | Age | 8 | | Views (since 20080612) | 28845 | | Bottling Info | |
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Review from Dump Bucket (BourbonEnthusiast Review ID 1712, Created:20091003210546) | Purchased at: | Bay Area | | Purchased for: | About $25 | | Info on this bottle: | 155 Month Genie Decanter from 1970 - While and light blue thin and wide | | Nose: | Some soft rye spices with corn and touches of cream and candy corns (I know??? Beam???). This has a very nice nose and no cork to it even though it has been in this cool decanter for 30 yrs???. | | Taste: | Soft with corn, sugars, creams and then some rye and spice. Might even be some vanilla in here. | | Finish: | A little spice that gives way to some fruit and cream. Might be pears and some red apples, but not strong, just a great smooth blend of the corn, ryes, creams and a touch of vanilla or vanilla cream. | | Overall: | If beam was like this now, I would be a huge JB fan. There are things that make me think of Old Crow, Old Taylor and even WT in this juice. Just great wiskey. |
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Review from Dump Bucket (BourbonEnthusiast Review ID 1672, Created:20090904225345) | Purchased at: | Bay Area | | Purchased for: | $20ish | | Info on this bottle: | reno decanter from 1968 | | Nose: | Nice smell... not a standard beam smell. Deeper and richer. Lots of corn and some touches of rye. there is also some cream and spice. Very nice smell | | Taste: | smooth corn and cream. with nice touches of sweet taste. Great taste here | | Finish: | THe finish is shorter than I expected, but still very, very noce. | | Overall: | Worth getting if you can find. Very tastey.... |
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Review from Dump Bucket (BourbonEnthusiast Review ID 1652, Created:20090816211642) | Purchased at: | Gift | | Info on this bottle: | 1956-1963 | | Nose: | Not your standard beam baby. This stuff smells like stuff I would buy :). Oak and caramael with some liquirish. | | Taste: | WOW!!!!! There is soft corn with a great band of flavor that reminds me of a wheated bourbon more than a ryed one. Sweet, corn, sugar (carmalized), cotton candy, liqurish and a whole lot more | | Finish: | Everything the taste was with a little alc kick just at teh right time. For an old bonded corked bourbon, there is not a cork taste or musty taste or finish... good stuff | | Overall: | If Beam would make this, I would be a bigger beam fan... damn this is good... |
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Review from spun_cookie (BourbonEnthusiast Review ID 1243, Created:20080820183721) | Purchased at: | Tasted at BostonEntusiests | | Info on this bottle: | Bonded Beam, distilled 1960, bottled 1968, in a green "genie bottle" | | Nose: | A lot of subtle aromas: little bit of light oak, a little bit of young leather, a little bit of wet husk, or hay, or wet earth? 2-3 minutes in, still alcohol. | | Taste: | A little bit of an off-brand caramel -- not Brach's! Thin on the mouth in a sip; a half-mouthful had a hint of old-style 7-Up when it was more dry than sweet. | | Finish: | A pepper spike on the mouth that ran out for 30 seconds ending with wet husk. Between 0-30 danced between sweet and corn. The dry lemon-lime split comes in at 8-10 seconds. | | Overall: | COLOR:
Not quite orange, a little brown. Slow draw, then thin long legs across the wetted glass.
A nice mellow bourbon; nothing to write home about (but I wish it were available on American Airlines!) |
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