how is single barrel Jack Daniels?

does it stand up to bakers, bookers, knob creek, makers mark, etc?

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steve
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Is it just me, or is that a strange question to post to irish-whiskey and scotch-whisky ngs?

FWIW, I'd say "no it doesn't", just as bakers, bookers, knob creek, makers mark etc etc don't stand up to real whiskeys. :-)

Regards Declan, Okazaki, Japan

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Declan Murphy

I've tasted all four of the above-listed American whiskeys, and I've enjoyed every one of them more than, say, an over-sherried highland malt.

Most days I wouldn't take any of them ahead of any given Ardbeg, mind you.

Fortunately we're not required to choose one and never enjoy the other.

cheers.

bill

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Bill Boei

Aye - though part of my soul screams that over-sherried drops aren't real either. We only get what we pay for.

True enuff

Regards Declan, Okazaki, Japan

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Declan Murphy

I've got a bottle of Silver Single Barrel Jack Daniels, and it's quite pleasant. Not as nice as a good Balvenie, but nice.

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Guig

Do Coca Cola make branded jugs so you can dilute that shit in style?

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BR0UGH

Besides the fact that the above mentioned whiskies are bourbons and Jack Daniels isn't makes a difference.

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Ian Conolly

Sure, Jack is a bourbon. (Mash at least 51% corn, distilled to at most 80%, aged in new, charred oak barrels for at least 2 years, bottled at 80 proof or higher.) It just so happens that Jack (and George) choose not to put the word "bourbon" on the bottle as they decided some years ago that "Tennessee Whisk[e]y" had more cachet.

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Aaron Leonard

I think Jack Daniels is a respectable Tennessee Whiskey, but I prefer the Gentleman Jack. I don't think JD single is on a par with my favorate single barrel bourbons such as Blanton's or Kentucky Spirit.

I would agree that the best s> > does it stand up to bakers, bookers, knob creek, makers mark, etc? >

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blackkeno

Unless I'm misled by Jack's propaganda, they were informed by the US government in the 1940s that they had properties unknown to bourbon and were a Tennessee Whiskey. Extra properties come from charcoal filtering. (I guess that means its really an extra absence of properties.) I don't know nuthin about George's process. Maybe he does the whole sugar maple charcoal thing, maybe he's just in Tennessee.

Mike

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Michael Harris

~ > ~ Besides the fact that the above mentioned whiskies are bourbons and ~ > ~ Jack Daniels isn't makes a difference. ~ >

~ > Sure, Jack is a bourbon. (Mash at least 51% corn, distilled to ~ > at most 80%, aged in new, charred oak barrels for at least 2 years, ~ > bottled at 80 proof or higher.) It just so happens that Jack ~ > (and George) choose not to put the word "bourbon" on the bottle ~ > as they decided some years ago that "Tennessee Whisk[e]y" had ~ > more cachet. ~ ~ Unless I'm misled by Jack's propaganda, they were informed by the US ~ government in the 1940s that they had properties unknown to bourbon and were ~ a Tennessee Whiskey. Extra properties come from charcoal filtering. (I guess ~ that means its really an extra absence of properties.) I don't know nuthin ~ about George's process. Maybe he does the whole sugar maple charcoal thing, ~ maybe he's just in Tennessee. ~ ~ Mike

OK, despite my best efforts, I haven't been able to locate online the sections of US Code that specifically define bourbon and Tennessee whiskey. But here's what I've got so far ...

From NAFTA, Annex 313

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  1. Canada and Mexico shall recognize Bourbon Whiskey and Tennessee Whiskey, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ which is a straight Bourbon Whiskey authorized to be produced only in the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ State of Tennessee, as distinctive products of the United States. Accordingly, Canada and Mexico shall not permit the sale of any product as Bourbon Whiskey or Tennessee Whiskey, unless it has been manufactured in the United States in accordance with the laws and regulations of the United States governing the manufacture of Bourbon Whiskey and Tennessee Whiskey.

This implies that Tennessee whiskey is a subtype of bourbon. So, yes, Jack and George have "extra properties", but those "extra properties" don't disqualify the whiskey from being bourbon.

Here are the federal regs (not statute, which I can't find) applicable to the use of the appellation[straight] bourbon whiskey (from

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Whisky: "Whisky" is an alcoholic distillate from a fermented mash of grain produced at less than 190 deg. proof, in such manner that the distillate possesses the taste, aroma, and characteristics generally attributed to whisky, stored in oak containers (except that corn whisky need not be so stored), and bottled at not less than 80 deg. proof, and also includes mixtures of such distillates for which no specific standards of identity are prescribed.

(1) (i) "Bourbon whisky", "rye whisky", "wheat whisky", "malt whisky", or "rye malt whisky" is whisky produced at not exceeding 160 deg. proof from a fermented mash of not less than 51 percent corn, rye, wheat, malted barley, or malted rye grain, respectively, and stored at not more than 125 deg. proof in charred new oak containers; and also includes mixtures of such whiskies of the same type. (ii) "Corn whisky" is whisky produced at not exceeding 160 deg. proof from a fermented mash of not less than 80 percent corn grain, and if stored in oak containers stored at not more than 125 deg. proof in used or uncharred new oak containers and not subjected in any manner to treatment with charred wood; and also includes mixtures of such whisky. (iii) Whiskies conforming to the standards prescribed in paragraphs (b) (1) (i) and (ii) of this section, which have been stored in the type of oak containers prescribed, for a period of 2 years or more shall be further designated as "straight"; for example, "straight bourbon whisky", "straight corn whisky", and whisky conforming to the standards prescribed in paragraph (b) (1) (i) of this section, except that it was produced from a fermented mash of less than 51 percent of any one type of grain, and stored for a period of 2 years or more in charred new oak containers shall be designated merely as "straight whisky". No other whiskies may be designated "straight". "Straight whisky" includes mixtures of straight whiskies of the same type produced in the same State.

I don't see anything there that says that doing charcoal filtering between the still and the barrel causes an otherwise bourbon-compliant whiskey to fail to be bourbon.

Aaron

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Aaron Leonard

i think the silver select is ace, but i prefer Dickel over Jack any time

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Dennis

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