Jim Beam Bottled In Bond

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Jim beam bottled in bond.

The bottled in bond designation is an assurance of quality and a bit of a throwback. In the decades after the repeal of prohibition bottled in bond whiskeys. Find out what the term means and why it s on everything from whiskey to rum. This was graciously provided by jim beam for review purposes.

Bottled in bond is one of the oldest designations in american spirits. The recipe is supposedly what inspired or at least set the path for jim beam bourbon. 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. Jim beam bonded one of jim beam s new releases this year joins that small group of a dozen and a half bonded bourbons.

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. Write a review products and packaging may vary by market. Price per drink 50 ml.

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 bottled in bond. Nutty with notes of caramel and mint menthol. 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.

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. 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is so interesting about beam bonded is that once you get past the mystique surrounding bottled in bond it points to how out of date the very concept is.