Producing WhiskyCast has given me the opportunity to taste some really amazing whiskies, and I’m pleased to share my tasting notes with you here. You can search my entire database of tasting notes from this page, and I hope you’ll find it useful.
This Bourbon is made by taking Jim Beam Bourbon that’s been maturing for several years and transferring it to a brand-new charred oak cask (perfectly legal under US rules – there’s nothing that says a distiller can’t switch whiskey to a second brand-new barrel in the middle of maturation). It’s designed to give the whiskey an extra boost of flavor, and the result is a Bourbon with a nose full of honey, molasses, brown sugar, ginger, pipe tobacco, and charred oak. The taste is chewy, thick, and spicy with black pepper, a touch of ginger, honey, molasses, dark chocolate, and pipe tobacco. The finish is long and spicy, but with a good balance of sweeter notes underneath. (November, 2016)
This Bourbon is made by taking Jim Beam Bourbon that’s been maturing for several years and transferring it to a brand-new charred oak cask (perfectly legal under US rules – there’s nothing that says a distiller can’t switch whiskey to a second brand-new barrel in the middle of maturation). It’s designed to give the whiskey an extra boost of flavor, and the result is a Bourbon with a nose full of honey, molasses, brown sugar, ginger, pipe tobacco, and charred oak. The taste is chewy, thick, and spicy with black pepper, a touch of ginger, honey, molasses, dark chocolate, and pipe tobacco. The finish is long and spicy, but with a good balance of sweeter notes underneath. (November, 2016)
