The Jack Daniel Distillery today announced the release of its Jack Daniel’s 14-Year-Old Tennessee Whiskey, marking the first time since the early- to mid-1900s that Jack Daniel’s has offered an expression at this age. This year’s Aged Series also includes Jack Daniel’s 12-Year-Old Tennessee Whiskey Batch 3 and 10-Year-Old Batch 4, the latest in the …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B- When I sampled Gentleman Jack and took my notes some days ago with an eye on making it my last review work of 2024, I did so expecting to revise and update a review from more than ten years ago. I took it completely for granted that either I or …
Updated September 20, 2024 By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ The single barrel whiskey concept, in America at least, began with the introduction of Blanton’s in 1984 by the legendary Master Distiller Elmer T. Lee. Back then, however, that Frankfort, Kentucky distillery was known as the George T. Stagg Distillery. It wouldn’t be renamed Buffalo Trace …
By Richard Thomas A shift of tectonic proportions has taken place in American Whiskey these last couple of years, but to judge from the trade headlines one would assume that nothing had actually happened. Since long before I started writing about whiskey, there have been three stable-as-granite facts about the whiskey business: 1) Johnnie Walker …
The Jack Daniel Distillery has introduced its follow up to the Coy Hill Single Barrel of 2021 with Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Special Release Coy Hill Barrelhouse 8, a complex Tennessee Whiskey from barrels matured at the distillery’s highest elevations. The latest expression in the Single Barrel Special Release series is bottled at barrel strength …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ In June, Uncle Nearest co-founder Fawn Weaver launched her long awaited book about the slave who taught a teenaged Jack Daniel’s how to make whiskey, and whose descendants have worked at making Jack Daniel’s whiskey ever since: Nathan Green. That book, Love and Whiskey, instantly became a best-seller. Uncle Nearest …
Nelson’s Greenbrier of Nashville, Tennessee has announced the return of the highly anticipated Nelson Brothers Honey Cask Finish. This crowd-favorite bottle will once again be unveiled on Friday, May 24 at the Marathon Village Distillery Mercantile and Restaurant. “We are thrilled to bring back the Honey Cask Finish, and we look forward to sharing this …
By Richard Thomas One of the ugly little secrets of sensory science is just how much the senses of taste and smell can be influenced by preconceptions. Ideally, this reality can be guarded against, and it’s what makes the notion of the blind taste test so interesting. The Paris Wine Tasting of 1976 was the …
Ole Smoky Distillery, best known as the Gatlinburg, Tennessee moonshine-maker and tourist destination, has announced the nation-wide distribution of its Tennessee Straight Bourbon Whiskey. The distillery is already well-known outside of Tennessee, and is the most prominent of the legal moonshine brands. Now it is staking out a place in the bourbon market with this …
Brown-Forman Corporation, one of the largest American-owned spirits companies, is launching its own distribution business in Japan today, bringing the distribution in-house for the first time since the company entered the market in the 1970s. The new Brown-Forman Japan office opened in the city center of Tokyo at the end of 2023. “With our dedicated …
