Review #1 - Jim Beam Winter Reserve
Kicking off my bourbon reviews with a look at the Jim Beam Winter Reserve . The ads have been popping up on my social feeds and the reviews have been mostly pretty positive, so I took a drive to my “local” Total Wine location. It’s in quotes because it’s the only one in New York State and it’s 15 miles from my house. Quick note about me: I am an amateur, relative newbie at exploring bourbon. Not new to drinking it, though. When my friends were chugging beers in the late 80’s, I was downing Beam. But I stuck with the three cheap classics: Beam, Jack and Makers. For years. Then I fell into the “WTF are you thinking” trap of flavored whiskey. I know, I know. When a bourbon aficionado at a work event found out I was drinking Screwball, he rightfully made fun of me and poured me a Basil Hayden “just to get you started back up.” I was suddenly hitting the higher shelves at every company sponsored event. So, consider me back on course. Anyway, I am not a unicorn chaser. I am s...