Jim Beam Devil's Cut

Interesting concept here. Pulling the whiskey that soaks into bourbon barrels to make a new whiskey. I can get behind that. Not a lot else to say here—besides that this was responsible for the worst drinking experience of my entire life roughly ten years ago to the day and that I haven’t had it since. But I can’t blame that on Jim Beam, or the Devil for that matter, so I’ll try not to let the past play a role in my rating. Nose: Peanut brittle and oak. Almond and woody notes. Vanilla and toffee. Banana and vitamin notes. Heavy barrel char and tobacco smoke. Cocoa. Lord of spice. Black pepper, clove, nutmeg, allspice, and oak. Palate: Caramel, almond, wood, and cocoa. Pistachio, macadamia, and a big-time walnut note. Peppermint. Dusty corn note indicates youth. Sawdust. Orange citrus. Ginger. Heavy spice. Cinnamon, black and white pepper, clove, nutmeg, and oak. Finish: Cocoa. Dusty corn. Caramel and vanilla. Sawdust. Tobacco smoke and orange citrus. Black pepper, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, and oak spice. No bad experiences this time. It’s what I’d consider to be perfectly decent whiskey. A tad on the boring side even—at least for something boasting the name Devil’s Cut. It’s young-ish. It isn’t particularly complex. But it’s a perfectly fine drink. I’m going with a 2.75/5 here. It only ran me $28, and where I live, it’s tough to find a drinkable whiskey for under $30 these. This clears the bar for “drinkable” and then some. It may be better served as a mixer, but I don’t mind it as a sipper. Without considering cost, this would have been 3 stars or lower, but factoring the absurd price hikes over recent years, and VFM is an incredibly important component when it comes to my scoring process. Decent stuff here.

Nose: Aromas of oak, vanilla, and caramel are prominent, often accompanied by baking spices, a hint of smoke, and sometimes a nutty or even blood orange/citrus note. Palate: The taste is generally full-bodied and smooth, with strong flavors of oak, vanilla, and caramel, complemented by notes of spice, dark chocolate, cinnamon, and sometimes a hint of citrus or stone fruit. Some reviewers note a "waxy" or "thin" mouthfeel, while others find it viscous and coating. Finish: The finish is typically medium to long and satisfying, with lingering warmth and notes of cinnamon, oak, pepper, and leather.

Richly aromatic nose filled with pulpy charred smokey oak and light vanilla with cinnamon and spices, a rich pulpy oak, vanilla body with a cinnamon burn, rich, smokey, but not quite peaty, bananas, & mild with other fruits, with a soothing mild caramel to tie it together, a silky yet sandpapery mouthfeel, followed by a spicy oaken vanilla caramel finish. Tasted neat in a sampler glass.

Un bon goût intense de vanille pour débuter suivi du maïs, café torréfié, caramel, noix avec un brin de pêches et abricôts. C'est quand même assez épicé surprenamment. La finale est bien douce malgré le nom de la bouteille ce qui vient très bien terminé la gorgée. Je n'ai jamais vraiment analyser le Jim Bean standard alors je ne peux pas comparer mais celui là est excellent!

Blind taste test - color is a lighter-medium amber. Aroma is pretty bad - very strong and ethanolic with kind of a dish soap musk. Taste is actually a very nice vanilla/buttery butterscotch that fades into a nice spice finish, rounded out by caramel and vanilla notes. Upon reveal, the piney wood notes are quite evident, but overwhelmed by the vanilla and spice.

Blind taste test - bought 50 mL bottles at Belmont Bev on Cleveland and Main St. Color is a lighter amber. Smell is a powerful punch of rye peppercorn and black pepper with a hint of mint and younger corn. Taste is fresh, clean, pretty peppery/sharp spicy with some smoke and a soft caramel. Would try again. Had to have been a high rye whiskey in the barrel