What’s Old Is New Again: Innovation at Jack Daniel's
An Age Statement JD Release For The First Time Since Prohibition
Nearest Green taught Jack Daniel the Lincoln County Process. In ‘Jack Daniel’s Legacy’ originally published in 1967, Nathan ‘Uncle Nearest’ Green and his family appear in that book over fifty times.
On The Neat Pour Podcast Ep 56. We sip no less than 4 variants from Lynchburg TN. From Old No. 7 to Coy Hill, we make pit stops at the recent 10yr old offering and finish with last year’s insanely glorious Single Barrel Special Release Barrel Proof Rye at 131 Proof.
When talking about Coy Hill, you have frame that it’s the track on the facility with the oldest warehouses and the highest elevation. The 300 barrels that were filled back in 2012 for this release saw the proof reach as high as 160 in some barrels!
The final blends were mellowed down to a range of 137-148 proof. Master Distiller Chris Fletcher and Asst. Master Distiller Lexie Philips noticed that anything over 150 was actually pushing the cork out of the bottle when Coy Hill got warm!!! This is quite literally the highest proof American Straight Whiskey ever produced on record.
Coy Hill. On Location at Aman’s Terrace, Wind Lake, Wisconsin
Single Barrel Special Release Rye from our Louisville Trip.
Mid Tennessee is 250 miles south of Bourbon Country..those summers and the top 3 rickhouse tiers (The Buzzards Roost) created dark whiskeys with deep flavors that surprised everyone. There’s a tongue coating sweetness loaded with orange zest and dark sugars on the Coy Hill. It’s pulling baking spice and tobacco notes that add layers to an already wild experience.
Innovation in the modern sense started with Kentucky Hall of Famer Lincoln Henderson. Before going out to create the Angel’s Envy Brand he was responsible for developing Gentleman Jack back in 1988. Lincoln introduced Jack Daniels Single Barrel in the late 90’s.
The Single Barrel Special Release Project is 4yrs old now. Taking small nuances like the favorite warehouse of the bottling hall crew and scheduling a release around it is how Jack is creating new traditions from their past.
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Jack is the top selling whiskey on the planet and was actually an allocated product from the ’50s to the 80s when Frank Sinatra declared it the nectar of the gods. Production double from 150,000 cases in ’54 to 300,000 cases in ’55.
—The Neat Pour
Other Notes:
Notable Coy Hill Warehouse Releases:
- Single Barrel - Barrel Proof - Heroes Selection - Melvin H. Keebler - 2021, 126 Proof
-Single Barrel Heritage Barrel
-Barrel House 114 was renamed for George Green, a longtime Jack Daniels employee and son of Nathan ‘Uncle Nearest’ Green
-The Dept of Treasury in 1941 granted Jack Daniels permission to call their whiskey Tennessee Bourbon after Prohibition sighting that it may be called bourbon but has distinctive characteristics so it won’t be “forced” into the bourbon label.
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