Over the past few years, the James B. Beam Distilling Co. (the home of Jim Beam bourbon) has been giving some of its under-appreciated, bottom-shelf whiskeys some well deserved upgrades. That started with Old Overholt rye and continued with Old Grand-Dad, one of the distillery’s high-rye mashbill bourbons, which just announced the second release of its 7-Year Bottled-in-Bond expression.
Old Grand-Dad is a label with a long history, having first appeared back in…

