JIM BEAM 8YR THE BIG APPLE DECANTER 1970s 750ML 100 MONTHS; KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY

This delightfully quirky decanter from Jim Beam, produced in the 1970s, celebrates New York City. The bourbon aged for a minimum of 100 months (a little over 8 years) and is bottled at 80 proof. Jim Beam produced a wide range of decorative ceramic decanters over the decades. These oddly shaped bottles, ranging from vintage cars to telephones to fish, were popular with collectors and were a clever way to get rid of surplus bourbon: post-Prohibition Americans started to prefer vodka over whiskey, and distilleries were left with a glut of well-aged bourbon. As a result, the spirit in these decanters is often older than stated on the label.