Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Select

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A single-barrel Jack Daniel's: each bottle comes from one cask chosen by the tasting team, from the upper floors of the barrelhouses where the whiskey matures fastest. Caramel, spice and bright fruit at 47% ABV.

Details

Brand	Jack Daniel's
Distillery	Jack Daniel Distillery
Origin	USA / Tennessee
Style	Tennessee
Age	NAS
ABV	47%
Cask	New oak casks

Flavour profile

Smoky
Sweet
Fruity
Spicy
Rich

* Editorial estimate.

Tasting notes

Nose: Caramel, vanilla and toasted oak, with a sweet banana note.
Palate: Brown sugar, caramel, charred oak and vanilla with light fruit and spice.
Finish: Long and warm, with caramel and oak lingering.

* Editorial tasting notes.

How to enjoy it

On the rocks
Neat
Highball

At 47% ABV it is well balanced on the rocks. Neat, the individuality of each barrel shows more clearly, and it holds up well in a highball.

Food pairing

Barbecue, smoked pork or burgers. Also pecan pie.

Background & production

A Tennessee whiskey from the Jack Daniel distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee. The new spirit is filtered through sugar-maple charcoal — the Lincoln County Process — and then matured in charred new oak barrels.

While Old No.7 is a vatting of many barrels, Single Barrel Select is bottled from one barrel only. The barrels come from the upper floors of the warehouses, where colour and flavour deepen, and are picked by the master distiller and a team of tasters.

It is bottled at 47% ABV (94 proof). Each barrel differs slightly in aroma and colour, and the label records the barrel details.