Jim Beam 8 Year Bourbon Pin-Bottle

Beam's Pin-Bottle is Jim Beam's 230th-anniversary release: an eight-year-old Kentucky straight bourbon bottled at 86.8 proof in a recreation of the bowling-pin decanter that Jim Beam himself gave to friends and business associates.

The James B. Beam Distilling Co. marked 230 years of bourbon making in 2025, and the Pin-Bottle debuted on Jim Beam Day (August 23, 2025) at the Clermont, Kentucky distillery. The pin-shaped decanter was one of the first decorative bottles the brand produced in the mid-twentieth century, the start of a tradition that ran to more than 3,000 Beam decanter designs between the 1940s and the 1990s. The 2025 edition keeps the squat pin silhouette, a gold pin-shaped cap, a gold band and an "8 Years" hang tag, with the label reading "full eight years old" and "43.4% ALC/VOL (86.8 PROOF)".

Inside is Kentucky straight bourbon aged a full eight years in the same nine-story rickhouses used for Beam's core bourbons, bottled at 43.4% ABV. It is produced by the James B. Beam Distilling Co. (Suntory Global Spirits) and distributed as a limited release.

Producer tasting notes: deep golden amber; crisp oak, baked bread and toffee on the nose; subtle sweetness with rich toasted oak and light char on the palate; a warm, clean finish with a hint of sweetness. Independent impression (Drinkhacker, November 2025, rated B+): buttered popcorn and peanut brittle, toasted brown bread, light chocolate and vanilla, a touch of leather.

Specifications: 750 ml · 43.4% ABV (86.8 proof) · age statement 8 years · Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey · James B. Beam Distilling Co., Clermont, Kentucky · limited 230th-anniversary release · bottle approx. 8.2 in tall · UPC 080686010265.