Comments on: Jim Beam to Give Us The “Devil’s Cut”

By: dennis reynolds

dennis reynolds — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:31:12 +0000

Bought a bottle while touring the plant. I really like it and want to know where I can buy it where I live in the St. Louis area. I haven’t seen any on the local shelves yet.

By: Jim Beam Sells Their Soul For The Devil’s Cut « It's just the booze dancing…

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:04:41 +0000

[...] an episode of Justified on FX. Later that same month, they announced that they would be releasing a brand new Bourbon called Devil’s Cut. We’ve written about Jim Beam’s Devil’s Cut Bourbon before. Here’s what The [...]

By: joe riggs

joe riggs — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 21:50:52 +0000

It is still a bourbon because they make it out of 51% corn, distilled no stronger than 160 proof, barreled below 125 proof, they age it in new charred white oak barrels and age it for minimum of 2 years, nothing added, bottled at a minimum of 80 proof. whether they pour it out of the barrel or squeeze it out of a barrel it is still bourbon. I just bought a bottle today and look forward to the tasting tonight. Hoping it is reminiscent of Pappy VanWinkle.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 02:13:56 +0000

About calling Devil’s Cut “bourbon”……

I had a similar question in regards to another bourbon recently, and after some digging here is what I found:

By law, as we all know, bourbon cannot be artifically flavored or colored, but what I learned is the law states that bourbon cannot be artificially flavored or colored BEFORE MATURATION. Second argument is that becasue the “extract” that Beam is pulling out of the barrels is just whiskey that has been soaked up, this would not bean “artifical” flavor.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:32:39 +0000

I think Den makes a good point. I mean, I tried this, and I like it just fine, but how can they legally call it bourbon? It seems sketchy to me.

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 21:18:11 +0000

I was at the Jim Beam Distillery on Friday July 8 (2 days ago) and they allowed me to taste test Devils Cut alongside the new Knob Creek Single Barrel. I found the Devils cut to have a very spicy woody flavor, a good nose, and a strong but noy bad after taste. I did like it and I was thinking of buying it then and there. When I tasted the Knob Creek Single barrel, I found it to be very smooth and sophisticated – the epitome of what we are looking for. Since I was traveling that day in a very small sports car, I wanted to buy only one bottle. So I bought the Knob Creek Single barrel. I will buy the Devils Cut at a later time.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:35:55 +0000

It is still a straight bourbon whiskey because every drop has adhered to the law governing the name. There is no difference if you take what is loose in the barrel as a opposed to “squeezing” it out of the barrel staves. For the legal requirements to use the name see straight bourbon:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbon_whiskey#Legal_requirements

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 30 May 2011 13:18:05 +0000

Well, I just had some last night and yes it is stronger. I think has a little bit at the end for the strong finish. But as a product I would recommend it.