Jim Beam Devils Cut

Distillery: Jim Beam Distillery, Clermont, Kentucky

Age: 6 years

Proof: 90

Nose: Aromas of rich oak, caramel, and vanilla, complemented by hints of dark chocolate and spice

Palate: Bold and full-bodied, featuring flavors of caramel, toasted oak, and a touch of dried fruit, leading to a warm and lingering finish

Color: Deep amber

Notes: When whiskey is aged some of the liquid in the barrels is lost to evaporation, this is called the Angel’s Share, but some soaks into the wood and stays there. Beam has coined this the Devil’s Cut; which is where the whiskey gets it name. So how does Jim Beam go about creating their Devil’s Cut?First they take barrels of whiskey that have been aged for at least 6 years, so they say, and dump them for blending. They then take those barrels and us a proprietary process involving water, mechanical agitation and heat to basically “sweat” the barrels and extract the bourbon from the wood. Then they add the extract back into the previously dumped whiskey and bottle it as Devil’s Cut.