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Jim Beam White Label
The world's best-selling bourbon. Based on the Beam family's 1795 recipe and aged at least four years in new oak — light and easy-drinking.
Details
| Brand | Jim Beam |
|---|---|
| Distillery | Jim Beam |
| Origin | USA / Kentucky |
| Style | Bourbon |
| Age | NAS |
| ABV | 40% |
| Cask | — |
Flavour profile
- Smoky
- Sweet
- Fruity
- Spicy
- Rich
* Editorial estimate.
Tasting notes
- Nose
- Vanilla, caramel, toasted oak and grain sweetness.
- Palate
- Smooth and medium-bodied, with toffee, light spice and a touch of citrus.
- Finish
- Fairly short, with sweetness and oak.
* Editorial tasting notes.
How to enjoy it
- Highball
- Cocktails
- On the rocks
Light and easy, it is perfect in a highball or with cola, and a handy cocktail base.
Food pairing
Fried chicken, barbecue and burgers.
Background & production
Made at the Jim Beam distillery in Clermont, Kentucky, based on Jacob Beam's recipe from 1795; seven generations of the Beam family have been involved in its whiskey.
A corn-led mash bill with rye and malted barley is aged for at least four years in new charred American white oak barrels. Bottled at 40% (80 proof), it is described as the world's best-selling bourbon.
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