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91Excellent

Old Grand Dad 16 Year Old

Bourbon Beam Old Grand-Dad
  • Distiller

    Beam

  • Bottler

    Beam

  • ABV

    50%

  • Age

    16 Years

  • Price $100 to $199.99

Beam quietly rolled out this 16-year-old edition of Old Grand Dad Bourbon in September 2024. Not too much is known about this bourbon, other than it's made from a mashbill Beam describes as "high rye" (almost certainly the usual Old Grand Dad mashbill of 63% corn, 27% rye and 10% malted barley) and is bottled at 50% ABV.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 92
  • The Whiskey Reviewer
  • By Richard Thomas
  • The ride with my sample of Old Grand-Dad 16 was a lovely one.
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  • Raided Score: 94
  • The Bourbon Culture
  • By Mike & Mike
  • This bottle of Old Grand Dad 16 was almost everything I wanted in a bourbon. I honestly loved it, but I felt like the finish was a bit shorter than I wanted it to be and the fruit content wasn’t as varied as I thought it would be for 27% rye.
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  • Raided Score: 88
  • The Daily Pour
  • By T8ke
  • This is a great pour. It’s not the best extra-aged Beam out there, but it’s damn good.
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  • Raided Score: 90
  • VinePair
  • By David Thomas Tao
  • The resulting liquid carries age incredibly well on the nose, and there’s both familiarity and novelty on a balanced, spice-forward palate. It’s really the thinner-than-anticipated palate that keeps this bourbon from soaring higher.
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House Review
  • Nose:

    Heavy oak and peanut brittle, this is gorgeous at first whiff. Punchy honey roasted peanuts and brittle, tobacco, toffee and sweet graham cracker.

  • Taste:

    Moderate palate, sneaky low proof with a viscosity that coats the palate nicely. Lots of sweet caramel, toffee and brown butter. It's a touch muted, but there's plenty going on here that’s enticing.

  • Finish:

    Long finish — the star of the show. Heavy oak, toffee, salted caramel, cake batter, almonds and tobacco.

  • Overall:

    This is a great pour. It’s not the best extra-aged Beam out there, but it’s damn good. And knowing Beam, it won’t be the last.

  • Score:

    88

  • Disclosure: The producer provided this sample to review free of charge, and without expectation of review or rating.

  • By T8ke
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources