Jack Daniel's Bicentennial

Jack Daniel's Single Barrel 15-1607

This one is Barrel No. 15-1607, from Rick No. R-4. It was bottled two months ago, on March 31 2015. The colour is a coppery gold, a shade lighter than 15-0333. Quite closed on the nose (and this bottle has been open for about a month or so), very faint traces of vanilla and caramel and not much else. Obviously, avoid water. Disappointing. On the...

Score 74/100

Jack Daniel's Single Barrel

Not being a particular fan of the No7, I figured that the Single Barrel release would likely be a step up. Booker’s remains my favourite to date, with an unparalleled richness and warmth. Knowing this, my friend suggested that this might be a worthy follow-up. I’m skeptical, though. Let’s see how this goes. Nose: Spearmint, brown sugar, deep...

Score 90/100

Jack Daniel's 150th Anniversary

This bottling commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Jack Daniel Distillery. Besides being bottled at 43% (instead of the usual 40%) I don't know if there is anything different in the production of this, from the standard Old No. 7. The colour is a reddish medium gold. On the nose there is toasted oak, light caramel, wood smoke and apricots....

Score 85/100

Jack Daniel's Master Distiller Series No 3

I have a three older bottlings of Jack Daniel's that I bought at auction, and one new bottling that I got at the LCBO. We'll start with the newer one. This is the third in their Master Distiller series, this one celebrating Lemuel Lee "Lem" Tolley. He was Jack Daniel's grandnephew and served as Master Distiller from 1941 through 1964....

Score 88/100