Black label extra aged is bottled at 43 abv.
Jim beam black extra aged how long.
Our premium 86 proof extra aged bourbon ages years longer in white oak barrels than original jim beam.
Official website in the early part of the decade jim beam black used to carry the subtitle double aged and featured an 8 year age statement.
The black is aged for twice as long as the jim beam white label and for me is where jim beam starts getting good.
Also on tap in this review is another look at jim beam black extra aged.
It s those extra years of aging that give jim beam black its smooth full bodied flavor.
It s those extra years of aging that give jim beam black its full bodied flavor with notes of smooth caramel and warm oak.
This no age statement bourbon replaces the black label 8 year.
I don t quite love it like i do booker s or knob creek but i definitely like it and for about 20 it s one hell of a good deal.
Not enough aged stock to maintain one or more existing age statement brands.
Make every moment a little extra.
It is aged longer than jim beam original also known as jim beam white label.
Originally labeled with an 8 year old age statement jb black now comes to us as extra aged.
That bottling is aged at least four years in new charred american oak.
Jim beam black extra aged bourbon previously an eight year old is one of those that has switched.
The result is an intense and surprisingly hot bourbon though just 86 proof and after a caramel burst on the nose it s hefty with alcohol.
Our premium 86 proof bourbon whiskey spends years longer being aged in our american white oak barrels than our original jim beam.
Kentucky premium bourbon with a more flavorful character made to be sipped and savored.
Jim beam black extra aged bourbon 70cl gift pack jim beam black label 8 years old 1 750ml bottle bourbon whiskey distilled beverage jim beam white label jim beam kentucky skip to content february 2 2020.
Move more bottles and sometimes it s more of a supply issue i e.
Now we re in daily drinker territory.
In a world where distillers are dropping age statements left and right there s some comfort in knowing the quality in this bottle is left largely intact.
In 2015 jim beam dropped the age statement and changed its subtitle to xa extra aged in mid 2016 beam issued a portfolio wide branding change that included new labels and bottle design.
Sometimes these transitions from age statement to nas are made to grow a specific brand i e.
Only last year beam tweaked this bottling which had previously been an age stated 8 year old known as double aged changing it up to call it xa extra aged.