Jim Beam 8 Year Old Bowling Pin 230th Anniversary Limited Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (2025) 75cl

Jim Beam turns 230 years old!

The Bowling Pin Bottle is back! Jim Beam’s Pin-Bottle comes with it the rich history and flavor that bourbon enthusiasts have missed. Aged for a full 8 years in charred new American oak barrels, this bourbon delivers a complex profile that’s both smooth and satisfying. Known for its iconic pin-shaped bottle, this release is a nod to tradition and quality, making it a must-have for collectors and whiskey lovers alike.

While it might seem a tad bizarre, the release is a nod to a historic Beam decanter, or perhaps more accurately more than 3,000 unique decanters released by the James B. Beam Distilling Co. from the 1940s to the 1990s, according to the company.

As the story goes, Jim Beam had a special fondness for the Beam Pin decanter, which he often gave as a gift to friends, family, and business associates for special occasion.

This modern version of the original Pin Bottle contains whiskey aged for eight years in the same nine-story warehouses as the original. Bottled at 86.8 proof, it is also the matching the age and proof of the initial Beam Pin Decanter release.

It is said to have notes of crisp oak with notes of baked bread and toffee on the nose, a subtle sweetness upfront complexed with rich toasted oak and light char, and a warm and clean finish with a hint of sweetness.

About Jim Beam

The Beam family (anglicised from the German surname Böhm in the 18th century) are the greatest dynasty in all of American distilling, with members involved in nearly every Kentucky distillery during the 20th century. Perhaps none more important however than James "Jim" Beauregard Beam, who rebuilt his family business following the repeal of Prohibition, re-opening the famous Clermont distillery in 1935. The company is now the best-selling bourbon brand in the world (due to Jack Daniel's refusing to be categorised as such). They operate two Kentucky distilleries, the eponymous Jim Beam in Clermont and the Booker Noe distillery in nearby Boston, and since their purchase of National Distillers in 1987 also have a wealth of historic brands under their banner. Since 2014 the company has been a subsidiary of Suntory in Japan, which has widened its portfolio into the Scotch and Japanese whisky industries as well.

43.4% ABV

75cl