If you've ever been to a whiskey distillery, you are probably familiar with the term "angel's share." If you haven't been to a whiskey distillery, what the heck is wrong with you? We have Jack Daniel and George Dickel located a little more than an hour away at the end of some of the most beautiful country roads in the state of Tennessee, so get thee there ASAP.
But if you have taken a tour either here or in Kentucky, you've probably been told about the angel's share, which is the portion of a barrel of whiskey which evaporates through the pores in the wood during the aging process. In some whiskeys, a significant proportion of the alcohol can be lost in higher humidity climates.
Rather than cry over spilled whiskey, the distillers at Jim Beam have decided to try to go after the dark side of the equation — The Devil's Cut. According to them, they have discovered a way to create a unique whiskey using a proprietary process that extracts the liquid trapped inside the wood of the bourbon barrels. The product is a robust premium bourbon with a deep color, aroma and character that showcases notes of wood, oak and vanilla derived from the barrel wood.
The resulting 90-proof spirit is indeed a fairly unique product. The nose does have a lot stronger notes of wood and vanilla than your normal everyday bourbon. (What? You don't have an everyday bourbon?)
