No, but you made a good point of how we all take ourselves way too serious here
on the satellite.
Cheers
No, but you made a good point of how we all take ourselves way too serious here
on the satellite.
Cheers
My hometownâs offering: Old Smokey charcoal grills. Since 1923, made at 1620 Maury Street, Houston, about 5 miles north of campus.
No, itâs bourbon.
By law and treaty, any whiskey that is both a) made in the USA, AND b) 51% or more corn is bourbon.
Jack Danielâs fits that criteria.
Donât let their marketing department tell you any differently.
All that âsour mashâ means is that each batch uses a bit of fermented mash from the previous batch in its production process, sort of like sourdough starter with bread. Any bourbon might be made that way, and Jack Danielâs isnât the only one that is, although Jack Danielâs seems to market that aspect more forcefully than other sour mash bourbon producers.
Jack Danielâs also calls itself a âTennessee Whiskey.â
According to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), any straight BOURBON (emphasis added) produced in Tennessee may call itself that.
They also like to differentiate themselves by a charcoal filtration process they use in production, but again, they are not the only such whiskey producer that uses it.
So by law if Jack Daniels wanted to call itself a bourbon they could. Which is how I always interrupted that particular law. It says what whiskeys can call themselves bourbon if they meet that criteria. Jack chose to add a couple steps then differentiate themselves by calling it Tennessee whiskey.
Not quite.
They are a BOURBON by definition.
They simply like to call themselves something else, you know, just to be different.
I donât know too many liquor brands as recognizable as Jack Daniels.
I worked next door to a liquor store for a while and observed the resupply every 2-3 days was more Jim Beam than anything. This was in Baytown, fwiw.
Itâs the worldâs #1 selling whiskey for a reason.
But donât let them tell you that they arenât a bourbon.
Thatâs a lie.
That said, I generally donât buy Jack Daniels. Iâd rather buy Makerâs Mark (its longtime President and CEO, Bill Samuels Jr., is a fraternity brother of mine - Delta Alpha Chapter of Sigma Nu Fraternity), Woodford Reserve, or one of several good Texas bourbons.
Pour it in a Smirnoffs bottle and then drink it. It will the best bottle of Smirnoffs you ever had.
Oh, nice! My father-in-law, (also a Bill Jr) gave me a bottle of Makerâs 46 Cask for Christmas.
Donât mind the Dickel in the background. That wasnât a good choice.
Excellent choice!
Copenhagen-regular cut.
Ever tried it after putting a shot of bourbon in it and then packing it in the fridge?
I donât dip, but Iâve heard snuff aficionados say that itâs sort of a thing!
Back when I dipped, a habit I picked up from some of my UH fraternity brothers, I liked Kodiak. It was much easier to handle than Copenhagen for me.
Leadslingers Bourbon
Truth.
You are wrong my friend; take it from the maker themselves.
Jack Danielâs is not a bourbon - itâs a Tennessee Whiskey. Jack Danielâs is dripped slowly - drop-by-drop - through ten feet of firmly packed charcoal (made from hard sugar maple) before going into new charred oak barrels for maturing. This special process gives Jack Danielâs Tennessee Whiskey its rare smoothness.
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Jack Danielâs is not a bourbon - itâs a Tennessee Whiskey. Jack Danielâs is dripped slowly - drop-by-drop - through ten feet of firmly packed charcoal (made from hard sugar maple) before going into new charred oak barrels for maturing. This special process gives Jack Danielâs Tennessee Whiskey its rare smoothness.
https://www.thewhiskypedia.com/whisky-stories/jack-daniel-bourbon-whiskey
As I said, laws and treaties say otherwise, regardless of how Jack Danielâs might like to characterize itself.
The charcoal filtration process isnât unique to JD and is used in other bourbons.
The fact that it is a sour mash doesnât mean anything either. There are several sour mash bourbons. In fact, most straight bourbons are sour mash bourbons.
And by treaty, any straight BOURBON made in Tennessee (including Jack Danielâs) is a Tennessee whiskey.
As I said, legally, any whiskey that is both a) made in the USA, AND b) 51% or more cornâŠis a BOURBON. Jack Daniels is thatâŠno matter how much they may want to deny it. Its mash bill uses a combination of corn, barley, and rye, same as most bourbons.
Makerâs Mark is unusual in that it uses winter wheat instead of rye.
Whatever. BTW, I and own one square foot of the Jack Daniels facility and have been given the title of Tennessee Squire by Jack Daniels.
Speaking of Jack Daniels, just had a nice pour of this last night. Donât care for the Old no. 7 personally, but this was damn good
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