Jack Daniel's Scenes from Lynchburg No.4

Jack Daniel's Barrel Proof Single Barrel

Jack Daniel's is an interesting case study. Just about everyone has a Jack & Coke (aka a "Lemmy") story. Jack Daniel's is the world's best selling whiskey brand. HOWEVER, many "experts", some of whom have been drinking whiskey _quite seriously_ for many weeks while _doing their research_ at Google University, have decided...

Score 88/100

Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Silver Select

The Single Barrel Silver Select is only available at travel retail; I picked it up in October whilst coming back from WhiskyFest NYC. What makes it different from the usual SBs is that these barrels come from the highest location in the warehouse; the higher temperatures there result in more interaction between spirit and oak. Unfortunately (and...

Score 86/100

Jack Daniel's Master Distiller Series No. 1

So Jack stood 5' 2". That's the biggest takeaway I got from the story behind this limited edition of the iconic, ubiquitous JD. There have been seven Master Distillers in the history of this Lynchburg distillery, and so seven special bottlings will each honour one of them. This is bottling No. 1, and so honours Jack Daniel himself. The colour...

Score 87/100

Jack Daniel's 2014 Holiday Select

On our way back from Las Vegas I stopped at duty free and picked up the Jack Daniel's 2014 Holiday Select, an annual release. Every previous Holiday Select release has been from small batches, but for the 2014, Master Distiller Jeff Arnett chose the barrels to be bottled individually. This means that the whisky is both "small batch" and...

Score 93/100