Buy Jim Beam Devil's Cut Australia – 90 Proof Bourbon, Gift Box and Gift Pack
Jim Beam Devil's Cut is the heaviest, oakiest bourbon in the standard range, bottled at 90 proof and 40%. The 700ml is $60.75, cut from $69.99, and it is in stock alongside a gift box and a two glass gift pack. Orders in before 3pm AEST leave Sydney the same business day.
One product, $60.75, in stock
Jim Beam The Devil's Cut – The Bourbon Pulled Back Out of the Barrel Wood
Every barrel loses whiskey. Distillers call the part that evaporates the angel's share, and the part that soaks into the staves and stays there has always been written off. Beam goes after that second part. The liquid is extracted back out of the barrel walls, then blended with extra-aged Kentucky straight bourbon and bottled at 90 proof.
You can taste where it came from. The nose is caramel, corn syrup and milk chocolate with a varnish edge. The palate is dry and loaded with charred oak, and the finish carries charcoal, bitter herbs and bitter chocolate. This is barrel character rather than sweetness, and it is the reason the bottle divides people.
Jim Beam Devil's Cut 700ml – 40%, 90 Proof and What That Buys
The Australian bottle is 40% with 90 proof printed on the front, and those two numbers do not agree. Ninety US proof is 45%, which is the fill in the gift pack below. Read the ABV, not the proof: 40% puts this three points above White Label and level with Jim Beam Black.
Run the numbers. A 700ml bottle at 40% is 0.7 multiplied by 0.40 multiplied by 789, which is 221 grams of alcohol, or 22.1 Australian standard drinks. At $60.75 that is $2.75 a drink and $8.68 per 100mL. White Label does the same job for $2.20. Our view: you are paying about 55 cents a pour for the oak, which is worth it in a glass and wasted in a tall cola. Buy White Label for mixers and keep the Devil's Cut Jim Beam for the two or three you actually taste.
Jim Beam Devils Cut Gift Box and Gift Pack – Two Ways to Give It
Plenty of people search jim beam devils cut without the apostrophe, land on the plain bottle and miss the boxed versions one page across. There are two. The Gift Box is $99.99 and in stock, the same 700ml at 40% in presentation packaging. The Gift Pack with two engraved glasses is $189.00 and in stock, at the 45% fill, with the glasses bundled rather than charged separately.
Both live on the Jim Beam gift sets page with the rest of the boxed range, including the White Label 1.125L box at $119.99. If you are buying for someone who already drinks bourbon, the glasses pack is the better gift, because a bourbon drinker has bottles and rarely has decent glassware.
Devil's Cut Jim Beam Against Rye and Black – Which Bottle to Pour
Three bourbons in this range suit neat drinking and they do different things. Devil's Cut is the oakiest and the driest. Jim Beam Rye at $60.75 is the same money, drier again and spicier, and it builds a far better Manhattan. Jim Beam Black is rounder and more caramel forward.
If you want one bottle that tastes like a barrel, this is it. If you want one that tastes like a cocktail base, take the Rye. Every one of the three is currently priced under the chains and listed on the monthly price check.
Jim Beam Devil's Cut Specs and Price
| Bottle | Size | ABV | Age | Price | Stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Beam Devil's Cut Kentucky Straight Bourbon | 700ml | 40%, 90 proof | No age statement | $60.75 | In stock |
| Jim Beam Devil's Cut Gift Box | 700ml | 40% | No age statement | $99.99 | In stock |
| Jim Beam Devil's Cut Gift Pack with 2 glasses | 700ml | 45% | No age statement | $189.00 | In stock |
Common questions
The 700ml is $60.75 with us, down from $69.99. Dan Murphy's shelf price is $62.99 and their member price is $62.00, so we sit under both and you need no card to get it. That works out to $8.68 per 100mL, or $2.75 per standard drink at 40%.
Yes. Devil cut, devils cut and the devil's cut are all the same 700ml bottle, and the apostrophe is the only thing that changes. The name refers to bourbon recovered from the barrel wood after the barrel is emptied, so the possessive form is the correct one on the label.
Dry, oaky and considerably heavier than White Label. Caramel and milk chocolate on the nose with a varnish note, a palate dominated by charred oak with sweet hints underneath, and a long finish of charcoal, bitter herbs and bitter chocolate. Anyone expecting the soft corn sweetness of the standard bottle will find this a step sideways.
For sipping, yes. It costs about 55 cents more per standard drink and gives you noticeably more oak and body, which survives a single ice cube far better. For anything mixed with cola the extra character disappears under the sugar, so buy the cheaper bottle and spend the difference on the gift box instead.