Jim Beam - Kentucky Bourbon

Pros: Good with Coke, with water, and with other mixers; Low price
Cons: Rough bite at first

Some brands of liquor are legendary. They have been around for centuries and continue to be distilled based on an old family recipe handed down over several generations. One whiskey that fits this bill is Jim Beam Kentucky Bourbon, a popular ...

Pros: Nice light sweet tasting bourbon.
Cons: People don't think I can tell the difference.

For those of you that think all bourbons and whiskeys taste the same I beg to differ. My best friend Cheryl is a die hard Jim Beam fan, where as I drink Jack Daniels, don't try to hand us the other's drink, we will be able to tell every time, no matter...

Pros: Cheap at around $10, quick fix to a bad day
Cons: Not for sipping without being mixed

BOTTOM LINE: JIM BEAM is a quick fix for a bad day at work but not for quality sipping and relaxing. You will most likely find this bottle at parties and bonfires, not cigar bars and the top shelf at home. Its nose hair burning aroma ...

Pros: Great price, wonderful characteristics
Cons: It's gotten kind of a bum rap

One of my little brother's favorite hobbies is to drink decent bourbon while listening to Merle Haggard. While I can take or leave the Haggard part of that activity, I'm all for sipping some decent bourbon from time to time.

Now, back when my...

Pros: Inexpensive, (compared to other bourbons), has plenty of presence in the mouth
Cons: Rough, unrefined, I imagine it'd give you a wicked hangover

I'm fond of bourbon, but I don't have a lot of experience with it. Your average LCBO (the government-run monopoly liquor stores) will have Jack Daniel's, (I know, it's not technically a bourbon), Jim Beam, (white and black), and two or three of Woodford ...

Pros: Nice price; an adequate bourbon
Cons: lacks depth of flavor

"The Manhattan is a drink invented by alcoholics, for alcoholics" – Charlie Watts

This is the first in what I hope will be a series of reviews of Bourbons and those whiskeys which are commonly classified as Bourbons even...

Pros: Mellow even flavor, decent price, consistently good
Cons: The hangover when I enjoy it a little too much

No folks, this one is not about buying a BMW but rather getting your hands on one of my favorite drinks. I have always been a great big fan of Jim Beam Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey I was first introduced to it's pleasures when I was a wee...

Pros: Reminds me of my college days, cheap, not totally unpleasant
Cons: I don't entirely remember my college days

Gather 'round, kiddies! While Furie here is nursing a little hangover, he'll regale you with tales of the mighty bottle. That's right, back in times of yore (as in "yore gunna regret that in the mo'nin'"), Jim Beam was the drink of choice. I,...

Pros: It's Kentucky bourbon!
Cons: Not as "distinguished" as other bourbons

I would cringe to know how much money I've spent on Jim Beam in the past 10 years. $10,000? $20,000?

As you can likely guess it has been my liquor of choice for some time. I first ordered it when sneaking in to bars at 19 and unable to afford...

Pros: smooth, high quality, good price
Cons: bad reputation

I have been a Jim Beam fan ever since college where I learned to enjoy the taste (granted, it is kind of cheap, which is why I liked it). We tried Jim Beam with all sorts of mixers, did shots, even used it as a marinade for steak. It is still one of my...

Pros: rich taste and smooth almost buttery texture, affordable
Cons: None I can think of!

Jim Beam has a smooth, rich and satisfying flavor. Either straight, or on the rocks, I enjoy drinking it and feeling it crawl across my tongue and give my mouth a warm satisfied feeling. The rich flavors are not over powering so it won't burden your...

Pros: smooth taste, great price
Cons: the 90 proof is overkill

...bourbon I've ever had. Granted, I am still a poor college student who certainly hasn't fully sampled the wide range of bourbons out there, but Jim Beam is far and away my favorite. I started with Evan Williams, which was a little too sour for me, and...

Pros: Great bargain for a pretty good taste
Cons: It burned a hole in my throat.

The title of this review promises something, and I will deliver. At the end of the critique I will, in fact, relate the true story of how I once burned a hole in my Esophagus from drinking Jim Beam.
First, however, let us discuss the finer...

Pros: Strong smokey wood flavor, decent for its price range
Cons: Rough, the smell, not very complex

I am willing to bet that if you ask anyone what brands of whiskeys they have had in their lifetime, Jim Beam will be listed. Like Jack Daniels and Budweiser, it is a common name and people are attracted to it. I admit, I was too. Let me tell you now ...

Pros: Euphoria, social bonding, inflated sense of confidence.
Cons: Obnoxiousness, vomiting, bad breath, hangovers.

I have this friend - sort of a Neal Cassidy to my Jack Kerouac - and whenever he gets into town, adventure has a way of creeping up the backs of our necks and into our ears like those little maggoty things in the beginning of Star Trek II: The Wrath of...