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Jim Beam shutting down bourbon production at Kentucky distillery for a year as Trump’s trade wars hit sales
(www.independent.co.uk)
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So I know that Jim Beam is an entry level bourbon, and I know the story here is more about the tariffs and the relationship between the US and the rest of the world...
But genuine question: will 2027 Jim Beam be super good because it's aged an extra year?
They won’t change a thing about the process or age it longer, they’re just cutting down production so their own storage doesn’t overflow since they can’t offload it as quickly.
Yeah, you're probably right. I don't even think Jim Beam has any information about age or years on it's, um, plastic screwtop bottle.
Just to be safe though I'mma buy a few bottles in 2027.
You can buy fifths of Jim Beam in glass.
You can buy gallons of Jim Beam in plastic.
That's a half-gallon, aka a handle. Of course you could buy two.
They're 4 liters. 1 gallon is 3.7 liters.
Jim Beam itself is a rather pedestrian bourbon, though useful as far as price to quality ratio. They make a lot more than just Jim Beam though. Booker’s, Basil Hayden, Knob Creek.
I'm going to guess not super good, but better than 2026
They make a bunch of different bourbons aged for different lengths. Skipping a year of production could let them turn more of whats already in the warehouse in to the more expensive versions.
Jim Beam with the white label won't be any different.
no but theyll box it and sell each at 500% markup a few years later like heaven hill did for that fire batch 😂
I had some heaven hill back in my broke-ass days, it was terrible. I wanna hear about this fire batch.
https://heavenhill.com/news-and-notes/heaven-hill-distillery-announces-limited-edition-release-of-heaven-hill-27-year-old-barrel-proof-small-batch-kentucky-straight-bourbon-whiskey/
I lived in louisville and at a local tavern they had a bottle of that in the box still unopened. It was some outrageous price for a glass and I wasn't drunk enough to buy some marked up leftover bourbon that wasn't bad enough to throw up