Jim Beam Bottled In Bond

Old tub bottled in bond.

Jim beam bottled in bond.

Bottled in bond is one of the oldest designations in american spirits. Which of the new wave of bottled in bond spirits are worth your time or best for a manhattan. This was graciously provided by jim beam for review purposes. The bottled in bond designation is an assurance of quality and a bit of a throwback.

Price per drink 50 ml. The suggested retail price is 22 99 for a 750 ml bottle. 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. 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.

The high rye recipe at jim beam is responsible for a few of our favorite pours but if you ve ever sipped an 80 proof basil hayden s and thought it could use a bit more kick grab yourself a bottle and a bargain of old grand dad bottled in bond. Old tub is a bottled in bond non filtered bourbon. Write a review products and packaging may vary by market. Nutty with notes of caramel and mint menthol.

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. Jim beam bonded is one of the latest editions of jim beam to come out of the famed kentucky distillery. In the decades after the repeal of prohibition bottled in bond whiskeys. 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 and rittenhouse s retail versions. Jim beam bonded one of jim beam s new releases this year joins that small group of a dozen and a half bonded bourbons.