Distillery

Jack Daniel's whiskies

Jack Daniel’s is the world’s best-selling American whiskey and the most famous distillery in Tennessee, in the town of Lynchburg. It belongs to Brown-Forman. Its square bottle and black label are recognisable anywhere. Like all Tennessee whiskey, it is filtered through maple charcoal before maturing, which gives it its characteristic smoothness. Curiously, the county where it is made has banned the sale of alcohol for decades.

Founded
1866
Owner
Brown-Forman
Origin
Tennessee, United States
In the catalogue
7 whiskies

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7 whiskies

Guide to Jack Daniel's

History

Jasper Newton Daniel, known as Jack, learnt to distil as a young man on a local farm. The house now acknowledges that his teacher was Nathan “Nearest” Green, an enslaved man who mastered the charcoal filtering technique and became the distillery’s first master distiller. Jack Daniel registered the distillery in the 1860s. After his death his nephew ran it and kept it going through Prohibition. In 1956 it was bought by Brown-Forman, which turned it into a global brand. The range has expanded with single barrel, rye and double-filtered versions.

House style

Jack Daniel’s whiskey is made with a recipe of corn, rye and malted barley, and is filtered drop by drop through maple charcoal before entering new barrels. The style is sweet and smooth: caramel, vanilla, banana, toasted oak and a touch of charcoal. Gentleman Jack is filtered twice and is even smoother. The single barrel versions are more intense and spicy.

Average flavour profile of its 7 whiskies in the catalogue

Sweet
3.1
Fresh fruit
1.8
Ripe and dried fruit
0.7
Floral and herbal
0.6
Cereal and malt
1.2
Vanilla and creamy
2.8
Oak
2.7
Spicy
2.2
Toasted
2.2
Smoky
0.2
Maritime
0.0
Body and intensity
2.9

Where to start

Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 is the classic: sweet, smooth and versatile, on the rocks, in mixed drinks or in cocktails. Gentleman Jack is a smoother, rounder version. If you’re after something with more body, Single Barrel Select shows a single barrel, and Tennessee Rye offers a spicier profile. Trying Old No. 7 and Single Barrel in a row shows clearly what the barrel and the strength bring.

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