![]() The brand states (and the government concurs… now) that the famous whiskey is indeed a Tennessee whiskey, and shall be named as such. Tennessee whiskey or bourbon?Ĭategorically a Tennessee whiskey and not a bourbon, the fact has nonetheless been subject to fervent controversy and has spawned heated debates over the years. So, just maybe, Jack Daniels could’ve saved Jack Daniel. In a twist of fate only fitting for such an icon, spirits were often used to fight infection. On October 11th 1910, Jasper Newton “Jack” Daniel passed away from an infection which had slowly but surely wrought havoc on his leg.Īs legend has it, six years earlier Jack had broken the offending toe by kicking the distillery’s safe in a burst of frustration, provoked from forgetting the code. So, to complete the tale of Jack Daniel, his demise is closely linked to his life’s work: Prior to that, after the death of his mother and subsequent estrangement from his father, he’d been schooled by family friend Dan Call (or his slave, depending on what you read) on how to produce and distil whiskey.ĭuring his adolescence, when perhaps his peers were loitering in town, guzzling the local moonshine, Jack was refining his own whiskey distilling process in order to be the best whiskey distiller Tennessee had ever known.Īs we all know, he was wildly successful, and Jack Daniel’s whiskey can be found bejewelling the shelves of any self-respecting liquor store. In a stroke of both tragedy and serendipity, Jasper “Jack” Newton Daniel acquired a whiskey still at the tender age of 13. We’ll just never know, as unfortunately, Jack Daniel’s took that particular secret to his grave. Perhaps seven was the number of distillations it took to get it right. Others insist that the number indicates the number 7 train which delivered his barrels.Įither way, to add further intrigue to date, the famed Tennessee Jack Daniel whiskey distillery has had a grand total of seven master distillers in its employ. The rumor mill has been working overtime to speculate on the resonance, with some claiming that the ‘7’ represents the number of Jack Daniel’s lovers at the time of bottling. Nobody knows why the first-ever bottle, distilled in 1864, was named “No. ![]() ShOP NOW A few lesser-known facts about Jack Daniel’sįor such a well-known tipple, Jack Daniel’s whiskey is steeped in a fair amount of mystery and peculiarity. Jack Daniel’s bottle sizes and prices Bottle Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select is one of the best whiskey from the famous American distillery. Not that they needed it, but Jack Daniels couldn’t have paid for a better endorsement. Frank Sinatra clearly thought so– he was buried at his request with a bottle of the beloved whiskey. Some say that Jack Daniel’s is the bottled essence of the whole of the USA. When the smooth, golden spirit seeps into your tastebuds, you’re tasting at once the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, the tall oaks, the red maples and the sticky-sweet reticent which sugars the breeze, lavished by the state’s abundant wildflowers. To sip JD is to experience the sweet, yet complex character of the Southern state in which it’s distilled. Though it’s often blunted by the addition of Coke, the unique flavors of neat Jack Daniel’s are what have cemented it into the public favor. Not just anecdotally either the Deep Southern spirit is the 4th best-selling whiskey in the world and the bonafide best-selling American spirit. The charcoal-mellowed honey-hued tipple is undeniably a global favorite. Most people have heard of Jack Daniel’s whiskey.
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