- Raided Score: 86
- Publication: The Whiskey Jug
- Excerpt: I think they could have upped that richness on the palate by releasing this at least at 46% and NCF; 50% would have been even better. Regardless, the Jim Beam Double Oak is still a nice bourbon and I’ve enjoyed sipping on it ever since the bottle arrived.
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- Raided Score: 80
- Publication: Whisky Advocate
- Excerpt: It lacks balance and complementary flavors to the oak, but caramel finds itself on a short finish. Decent first release, but I wanted to find more nuance from the second barrel.
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- Raided Score: 89
- Publication: WhiskyCast
- Excerpt: 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.
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- Raided Score: 82
- Publication: Distiller
- Excerpt: Rough texture on the palate and hot on the finish. Finish flavors are dominated by the oak and smoke with a continuation of the sweet undertones.
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- Raided Score: 80
- Publication: The Whiskey Wash
- Excerpt: It’s unique and certainly not bad, but rather one-dimensional. Then again, it might be just the thing around a fire pit on a chilly autumn night.
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- Raided Score: 79
- Publication: whiskyfun
- Excerpt: Perhaps more ‘craft’ than the brand’s 12 yo 'Signature Craft'. A good surprise, I could sip this.
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- Raided Score: 85
- Publication: Drinkhacker
- Excerpt: The finish does have a bit of gritty sawdust character to it, but even that is dialed back and in line with pretty much any mainstream bourbon.
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- Raided Score: 77
- Publication: Whiskey Raiders
- Excerpt: Overall, this is an expression from JIm Beam to skip. Both the regular white label and the extra aged are better bourbons.
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Intro:
Jim Beam Double Oak is a remix on Jim Beam’s flagship bourbon. Standard Jim Beam is taken for a second period of maturation and placed in another new charred barrel for the finishing duration.
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Nose:
Young grains, a bit of fruit character before a blast of wood notes. Rather than mature oak, this comes across on the nose as fairly young, malty and sweet.
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Taste:
Sweet on the palate, moderate mouth feel. Young notes arise once more, though. Malty grains, bitter oak notes, a bit of heat.
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Finish:
Short, hot finish. For the low proof (86pf) this is way hotter than it should be and that heat comes without much character to help justify.
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Overall:
Overall, this is an expression from Jim Beam to skip. Both the regular white label and the extra-aged are better bourbons.
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Score:
4
- Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources
