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Jim Beam "DOUBLE OAK TWICE BARRELED"...mehhhhh
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Mr. Jones Offline
#1 Posted: Fri, Feb 15 2019, 11:11 PM EST
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fog Beer

This "new" offering from JIM BEAM
WAS A DISAPPOINTING OUTCOME...

REGULARLY $24.95...
ON SPECIAL for $16.95
As a "Premium Selection Series"
@ PA STATE LIQOUR STORES
Was a real bummer...

Nothing special AT ALL...

KINDA HARSH AND BURNED...

BUT I THINK IT MAY SHOW PROMISE IF you let it AgE in ThE bottle for 5 more years which may? Mellow it a bit...

I'd still rather drink
EVAN WILLIAMS REGULAR BLACK LABEL BOURBON
any day of the week...80 PROOF
And that is $13.99 @ regular price and
$11.99 when on sale.

Has anybody else tried
Jim Beam DOUBLE OAK TWICE BARRELED ?
frankj1 Offline
#2 Posted: Fri, Feb 15 2019, 11:38 PM EST
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pretty sure once in da bottle no more aging takes place.
Use it for Manhattans and stuff.
KingoftheCove Offline
#3 Posted: Sat, Feb 16 2019, 10:44 AM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
pretty sure once in da bottle no more aging takes place.
Use it for Manhattans and stuff.

+1
8trackdisco Offline
#4 Posted: Sat, Feb 16 2019, 10:51 AM EST
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Have a bottle. Haven't cracked it yet.
Mr. Jones Offline
#5 Posted: Sat, Feb 16 2019, 1:10 PM EST
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#2 frank ^^^^

Thanks a pant load...DEBBIE Downer/ dream crusher
Whistlebritches Offline
#6 Posted: Sat, Feb 16 2019, 2:42 PM EST
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I like most Beam offerings but have not tried this one.My Beam go to is and has been Old GrandDad 114...…...real sleeper IMHO.
Mr. Jones Offline
#7 Posted: Sat, Feb 16 2019, 3:09 PM EST
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My advice...

Don't even bother buying it...
Especially at $24.95...

Just keep getting what you like when that is on sale...

Of course...BOURBON are like cigars...
One guy loves certain cigars...
Other people hate them...
BOURBON is prolly the same way?
Ewok126 Offline
#8 Posted: Sat, Feb 16 2019, 3:32 PM EST
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^^
I would say yes Bourbon is prolly the sameway but, I have yet to meet a person that does not like bourbon.

Frank is correct in a glass bottle it will not age. Get you a small oak barrel and pour it in there and let it set in the dark for a bit. It will age more then. It will also take in more tannin and vanillin of the wood. I personally like an oak barrel with a number 3 char.
frankj1 Offline
#9 Posted: Sat, Feb 16 2019, 3:55 PM EST
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Ewok126 wrote:
^^
I would say yes Bourbon is prolly the sameway but, I have yet to meet a person that does not like bourbon.

Frank is correct in a glass bottle it will not age. Get you a small oak barrel and pour it in there and let it set in the dark for a bit. It will age more then. It will also take in more tannin and vanillin of the wood. I personally like an oak barrel with a number 3 char.

could you type that louder?
The Lovely Caren is in the bedroom and didn't hear it.
corey sellers Offline
#10 Posted: Sat, Feb 16 2019, 4:05 PM EST
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HE SAID FRANK IS CORRECT is that better
frankj1 Offline
#11 Posted: Sat, Feb 16 2019, 4:22 PM EST
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yes.
Glocktech Offline
#12 Posted: Sat, Feb 16 2019, 4:41 PM EST
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I would say for that price try some Buffalow Trace, or Bulleit. Canr go wrong with either one.
KingoftheCove Offline
#13 Posted: Sat, Feb 16 2019, 4:45 PM EST
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Glocktech wrote:
I would say for that price try some Buffalow Trace, or Bulleit. Canr go wrong with either one.


^^ ... WTF!

Frank?



(you're retired now remember...)
RMAN4443 Offline
#14 Posted: Sat, Feb 16 2019, 5:10 PM EST
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FRANK IS CORRECT!!!!!!

Applause
Mr. Jones Offline
#15 Posted: Sat, Feb 16 2019, 8:11 PM EST
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F.R.A.N.K. IS RETIRED !!!
Mr. Jones Offline
#16 Posted: Sat, Feb 16 2019, 8:14 PM EST
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O.K....

BRAINIACS...

HOW COME WINE AGES IN BOTTLES ???

THE CORK? OR THE GLASS?
( SOME BOURBONS HAVE CORKS)
But not this particular jim beam bourbon.
ZRX1200 Offline
#17 Posted: Sat, Feb 16 2019, 8:48 PM EST
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I thought this was better than I expected, but I didn’t have high hopes.

Mr Jones, try Evan Williams bottled in bond.

I’d recommend the ABC on Richmond Rd.....nice places to stop by near there.
frankj1 Offline
#18 Posted: Sat, Feb 16 2019, 11:59 PM EST
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Glocktech wrote:
I would say for that price try some Buffalow Trace, or Bulleit. Canr go wrong with either one.

so, Glock...(sigh, I hope he's worth the effort)
two and a half years?
TWO AND A HALF YEARS!

You never wrote, you never called, your spelling is atrocious...
Your mother and I were worried sick!

Go to your room and don't come down until you have a good explanation for why we never heard from you...as though you care!
KingoftheCove Offline
#19 Posted: Sun, Feb 17 2019, 12:01 AM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
so, Glock...(sigh, I hope he's worth the effort)
two and a half years?
TWO AND A HALF YEARS!

You never wrote, you never called, your spelling is atrocious...
Your mother and I were worried sick!

Go to your room and don't come down until you have a good explanation for why we never heard from you...as though you care!

Applause
KingoftheCove Offline
#20 Posted: Sun, Feb 17 2019, 12:13 AM EST
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So you have a 2 story house...

step-plunk!-step.......step-plunk!-step........step-plunk!-step

The sound of FrankieT walking up the stairs in his bath robe...
frankj1 Offline
#21 Posted: Sun, Feb 17 2019, 12:17 AM EST
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Sire, please. You embarrass me.
I am but a man...an extremely gifted man, I admit, but a man nonetheless.
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#22 Posted: Sun, Feb 17 2019, 7:20 AM EST
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Mr. Jones wrote:
O.K....

BRAINIACS...

HOW COME WINE AGES IN BOTTLES ???

THE CORK? OR THE GLASS?
( SOME BOURBONS HAVE CORKS)
But not this particular jim beam bourbon.


Some residual fermentation and oxidation changes.

Same as beer. The chemical compounds continue to break down/change over time.

Alcohol content of spirits is too high for any microbial action to continue. It's a stable solution. Given enough time some of the ethanol may degrade, but that's talking lifetime timeframes.
jespear Offline
#23 Posted: Sun, Feb 17 2019, 10:35 AM EST
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Whistlebritches wrote:
I like most Beam offerings but have not tried this one.My Beam go to is and has been Old GrandDad 114...…...real sleeper IMHO.


Think I thought they stopped making that stuff.
Used to get my friend a bottle of it every year for NY Eve party, but was told it was discontinued.
jespear Offline
#24 Posted: Sun, Feb 17 2019, 10:39 AM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
Some residual fermentation and oxidation changes.

Same as beer. The chemical compounds continue to break down/change over time.

Alcohol content of spirits is too high for any microbial action to continue. It's a stable solution. Given enough time some of the ethanol may degrade, but that's talking lifetime timeframes.



danm . . .
I think you are approaching "like a genius" status !
Mr. Jones Offline
#25 Posted: Sun, Feb 17 2019, 11:42 AM EST
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#22DD #24 JS...

DD IS A GOD DAMMM GENIUS.....

ECLIPSING frank who's just really smhatttt
( and a newly retired bum)
Ewok126 Offline
#26 Posted: Sun, Feb 17 2019, 12:55 PM EST
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DD is not an damn Genius, he is just scientifically minded.

Oh wait! We are living in Millennial times now so I guess that would make him a damn Genius!

So scratch that and Carry on!
Whistlebritches Offline
#27 Posted: Sun, Feb 17 2019, 4:32 PM EST
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jespear wrote:
Think I thought they stopped making that stuff.
Used to get my friend a bottle of it every year for NY Eve party, but was told it was discontinued.



It disappeared for a while but has been available locally for the last year or so under $25...….my go to place is $22 and some change
frankj1 Offline
#28 Posted: Sun, Feb 17 2019, 7:54 PM EST
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Whistlebritches wrote:
It disappeared for a while but has been available locally for the last year or so under $25...….my go to place is $22 and some change

just saw it the other day for the first time in quite a while, but it was 29 clams...I'll wait for other places to get it back.
Mr. Jones Offline
#29 Posted: Sun, Feb 17 2019, 9:48 PM EST
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Is that Old Granddad 114 %
Or 57 proof?

That's wayyyyyyyyyyy
Too
Much for me.
ZRX1200 Offline
#30 Posted: Mon, Feb 18 2019, 3:42 PM EST
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Gary can handle it.

#mangottoknowhislimitations
Mr. Jones Offline
#31 Posted: Mon, Feb 18 2019, 4:37 PM EST
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^^^^ G.A.R.Y. is pushin' up daisies....cuz he didn't ask anybody "very high up" who I really was before he decided to f**k with me...there's a reason for "life long handshakes and no file" and messing w/ an MJ12 driver & bagman....

When Gary was alive....he could barely walk a mile or stay awake past 10 pm...he was a light weight psychopathic
Moron....his best ABILITY was delegating others to perform his ideas and duties without thinking them through...
He was always a coward and never took point...his cute little miss moffat black girlfriend was always his point man...she had balls and smarts...she really liked my wood inlayed religious artwork painting at the American legion...it intrigued her immensley but she never figured it out...poor little black miss Moffat...

Poor Gary....
tonygraz Offline
#32 Posted: Mon, Feb 18 2019, 4:59 PM EST
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I was a bourbon lover long before it became popular. I think it was better back then. Even the rot gut brands were aged four years and now it's only 3. They can't make enough of it now to age it properly. My old go to back then was Walker's Deluxe. Haven't seen it in decades. Didn't Frank post something a year or two ago about a lot of it coming out of a big Indiana distillery ?
tonygraz Offline
#33 Posted: Mon, Feb 18 2019, 5:04 PM EST
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Mr. Jones wrote:
Is that Old Granddad 114 %
Or 57 proof?

That's wayyyyyyyyyyy
Too
Much for me.




It's 114 proof, 57 % alcohol. Can't be 114 %.
Whistlebritches Offline
#34 Posted: Mon, Feb 18 2019, 5:47 PM EST
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tonygraz wrote:
I was a bourbon lover long before it became popular. I think it was better back then. Even the rot gut brands were aged four years and now it's only 3. They can't make enough of it now to age it properly. My old go to back then was Walker's Deluxe. Haven't seen it in decades. Didn't Frank post something a year or two ago about a lot of it coming out of a big Indiana distillery ?


Back in the day...……...30-35 years ago I was a Hiram Walkers Private Cellar/HW Deluxe drinker.Both could be had for $5-$7 a fifth.
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#35 Posted: Mon, Feb 18 2019, 7:02 PM EST
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tonygraz wrote:
I was a bourbon lover long before it became popular. I think it was better back then. Even the rot gut brands were aged four years and now it's only 3. They can't make enough of it now to age it properly. My old go to back then was Walker's Deluxe. Haven't seen it in decades. Didn't Frank post something a year or two ago about a lot of it coming out of a big Indiana distillery ?

MGP is that distillery, I think
ZRX1200 Offline
#36 Posted: Mon, Feb 18 2019, 7:08 PM EST
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30 years ago I was in 5th grade
ZRX1200 Offline
#37 Posted: Mon, Feb 18 2019, 7:09 PM EST
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FYI I was drinking Wild Turkey 101 with grandpa.
frankj1 Offline
#38 Posted: Mon, Feb 18 2019, 7:10 PM EST
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ZRX1200 wrote:
30 years ago I was in 5th grade for the 4th time


I've always admired your persistence.
ZRX1200 Offline
#39 Posted: Mon, Feb 18 2019, 7:17 PM EST
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I may not be a smart man. But at least I’m ugly too
frankj1 Offline
#40 Posted: Mon, Feb 18 2019, 8:13 PM EST
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you are doubly blessed.
Thunder.Gerbil Offline
#41 Posted: Mon, Feb 18 2019, 8:14 PM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
you are doubly blessed.

And oaked?
Whistlebritches Offline
#42 Posted: Mon, Feb 18 2019, 8:14 PM EST
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ZRX1200 wrote:
30 years ago I was in 5th grade


30 years ago I was a 27 yo team leader/boat captain with a half dozen+ combat missions under my belt.Damn Jamie, you know how to make a Brother feel old...……..and broken down
frankj1 Offline
#43 Posted: Mon, Feb 18 2019, 8:15 PM EST
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Thunder.Gerbil wrote:
And oaked?

hmmm, not lovin' oaked
ZRX1200 Offline
#44 Posted: Mon, Feb 18 2019, 8:21 PM EST
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You can squeeze my stave anytime
Thunder.Gerbil Offline
#45 Posted: Mon, Feb 18 2019, 8:21 PM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
hmmm, not lovin' oaked


Traumatic childhood experience, eh?
Mr. Jones Offline
#46 Posted: Mon, Feb 18 2019, 8:23 PM EST
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Surprised I never ran into whistle or thunder in Costa Rica?
Ramon bueso used to Paruse that jungle trifecta...

Perhaps we just "passed in the wind"?

Ever get saved "in the bush" via a double folded poncho
By a young relentless wounded adrenelined buck?
ZRX1200 Offline
#47 Posted: Mon, Feb 18 2019, 8:23 PM EST
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Weren’t you ever in the Scouts?
frankj1 Offline
#48 Posted: Mon, Feb 18 2019, 8:32 PM EST
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Thunder.Gerbil wrote:
Traumatic childhood experience, eh?


well, ya, sure. I went to overnight camp...but not oak.
Whistlebritches Offline
#49 Posted: Mon, Feb 18 2019, 8:53 PM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
well, ya, sure. I went to band camp...but not oak.



FIFY
frankj1 Offline
#50 Posted: Mon, Feb 18 2019, 9:04 PM EST
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OK, I actually laffed out loud!
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