Jack Daniel's Original Bar Bottle

Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Silver Select

Lovely dark mahogany colour with long legs in glass. Nose: typical JD aromas but punched to a different level with the extra ABV, banana, caramel vanilla and wood char. Palate: caramel, wood and spice with too much alcohol bite, the balance and integration of the spirit is off, a little water helps with the bite but does no favours to the wood...

Score 78/100

Jack Daniel's 1954 Gold Medal

My, what packaging! A 1954 Gold Medal Winner of the Belgium Star of Excellence from Brussels, with a gold star on the bottle and a bulbous shape. And with the accompanying legend of how Herb Fanning, when he learned of the competition, simply pulled three bottles from the line and sent them in (rather than selecting the best he could find). And lo...

Score 80/100

Jack Daniel's 120th Anniversary of the White Rabbit Saloon

This bottling celebrates the White Rabbit Saloon, which was owned by Jack Daniel and located in the town square of Lynchburg, Tennessee. It is long gone (and even if it was still there, it would have to close as Lynchburg is in a dry county). Much like the Master Distiller bottlings, I don't know what is different in production from the Old No. 7...

Score 91/100

Jack Daniel's Jack Daniels Unaged Rye Whiskey

I acquired this one as a gift from a friend from the gifts I've given to our collection of friends to enjoy. Bottle Info: Batch #1 Bottle: 2018K Nose: Rye bread galore, nutty, and a little fruity sweet in the way of raisins (Call me weird I guess). Only slight traces of alcohol. Body: Medium with moderate legs rolling down the glass. Oddly not...

Score 76/100