The James B. Beam Distilling Firm (JBBDCo) has launched Hardin’s Creek, a brand new, ongoing collection of annual whiskey releases.
Every set of expressions is supposed to showcase the depth of James B. Beam Distilling Co.’s whiskey-making, by means of age, mixing, mash invoice, distillation, barrels, rickhouse places and extra.
This yr’s inaugural Hardin’s Creek launches with Jacob’s Effectively Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, and Colonel James B. Beam Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey.
Jacob’s Effectively is a mix of two aged expressions: one 16-year-old conventional bourbon and one 15-year-old high-rye bourbon. This version pays tribute to the primary household distiller, Jacob Beam, and the properly he inbuilt 1795. On the nostril is good vanilla and caramel paired with hints of oak, the corporate says. The palate is oak and char married with stone fruits, earlier than a end of vanilla and brown sweets. The instructed retail worth is $149.99 per 750-ml. bottle.
Colonel James B. Beam is a two-year-old whiskey that “achieves a depth of taste often reserved for extra mature bourbons by taking it off the nonetheless at a decrease distillation proof, imparting extra taste from the fermentation course of and letting the barrel’s traits shine by means of at a youthful age,” the corporate says.
After the repeal of Prohibition, it took 120 days for Colonel James B. Beam, also called Jim Beam, to get Clermont Distillery up and operating once more. In making Colonel James B. Beam whiskey, Freddie Noe was impressed by the type of bourbon the Colonel made on day 121: low distillation proof for a fuller taste. The result’s a nostril of vanilla and caramel notes. The palate incorporates vanilla, nuts and oak. The instructed retail worth is $79.99 per 750-ml. bottle.
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Each bottles are 108 proof.
“We couldn’t be extra excited to launch Hardin’s Creek, notably after the refresh of the James B. Beam Distillery and the opening of the Fred B. Noe Distillery,” says Freddie Noe, the newly appointed grasp distiller of the Fred B. Noe Distillery. “This has been a very long time within the making, and I can’t wait to share it with the world. Each element, from the mixing methods to the labels, attracts inspiration from centuries of our household’s historical past, paying homage to our heritage whereas trying in direction of our future.”
