Jim Beam Bottled In Bond

Fifty years ago a bourbon like jim beam s old tub would have found itself on the bottom shelf of most liquor stores.

Jim beam bottled in bond.

Find out what the term means and why it s on everything from whiskey to rum. Jim beam bonded is one of the latest editions of jim beam to come out of the famed kentucky distillery. Bonded whiskey has long been synonymous with high quality whiskey and that connection comes from pre prohibition times when the rules around whiskey were let s call them not really there. Today jim beam bonded is still made in accordance with the bottled in bond act and the two keys on the label harken back to the two locks on our doors one for the government and one for us.

This was graciously provided by jim beam for review purposes. What is so interesting about beam bonded is that once you get past the mystique surrounding bottled in bond it points to how out of date the very concept is. Bottled in bond is one of the oldest designations in american spirits. The story goes that back in the mid to late 1800s when prohibition had yet to shut things down and glass bottles were yet to be the industry standard folks would come fill up their jugs of whiskey from a.

Nutty with notes of caramel and mint menthol. The bottled in bond designation is an assurance of quality and a bit of a throwback. Which of the new wave of bottled in bond spirits are worth your time or best for a manhattan. The suggested retail price is 22 99 for a 750 ml bottle.

The recipe is supposedly what inspired or at least set the path for jim beam bourbon. Write a review products and packaging may vary by market. Jim beam bonded one of jim beam s new releases this year joins that small group of a dozen and a half bonded bourbons. Jim beam and rittenhouse s retail versions.

In the decades after the repeal of prohibition bottled in bond whiskeys. Old tub bottled in bond.