Jack Daniels Question

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Need some help on info regarding a particular version of JD: anybody familiar with a version of JD with a green label and goes for in excess of $300?

There's no reference to it on their website, and it may have just been a special run... but a friend is trying to locate one and I'd thought I'd call upon all of you guys for a little help...

Thanks!
 
The green label is their second-rate product. It should be significantly-less than $300.
 
Gollnick... after checking out this question on the "other" forum, I figured you'd be one of the first to chime in! LOL!!!

I know that JD has two basic varieties for sale, and one is a green label. I won't swear that the one I'm inquiring about has a green label or not - my friend seems to remember only having seen this bottle once, years ago, and has a memory of it having a green label and being a premium batch... As she remembers it, it was around $400 for that bottle, given as a gift to her father by someone from the Southeast...

Now, not being a JD drinker myself, I'm not sure if she's confusing this with something from a Scotch label or even some other domestic beverage... but she's pretty sure it was JD and was curious if it exists and is available... So, I just thought I'd ask and see...
 
Green Label JD is indeed the low end of their product.

It is nasty tasting stuff! :barf:

This from a former hard core JD drinker.
 
Jack Daniels, George Dickel, Tulahoma, and Cascade, are all located in Coffee County Tennessee. They call get their water from the Tulahoma spring which is naturally devoid of mineral content making it absolutely perfect for whiskey making. If you drink directly from Tulahoma spring, as I have, you'll notice that the water is virtually tasteless. One can almost describe it as "sweet."

Coffee County Tennessee is a dry county, no alcohol sales or consumption allowed. Interestingly, alcohol giving is allowed, so Jack Daniels traditionally gives each employee a bottle of black label with their monthly paycheck and a bottle of Gentleman Jack for Christmas. Employees are admonished that consumption within the county is illegal... nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

Getting on ten years ago now, in a bid to increase tourism, Coffee County opened an exception. Each distilery is now allowed to make one special product that must be unique (not just a special label) which they can sell at the distilery, but only at the distilery. It has to be a distinctive and exclusive product. It can be sold at the distilery in Coffee County, but buyers must be strictly admonished that any consumption within the county is illegal... nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

I do seem to recall that the Jack Daniels distillery special product was a bit expensive. $300 seems a bit much. But maybe that's what you're thinking of. In that case, it can only be purchased directly at the distilery.
 
CODE 3 said:
Green Label JD is indeed the low end of their product.

It is nasty tasting stuff! :barf:

This from a former hard core JD drinker.
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You're right, Green label Jack Daniels is nasty. Maybe the $300 was for a 55 gallon drum of the stuff.
 
I toured the distillery twice when I lived in Tenn. Neat place, neat town.

Chris
 
There is a special labeled version of JD. I don't know how much or what it's claim to fame is but it is more than the regular black label stuff.

I drink JD by the gallon and would not touch the green label crap, it's bogus!!!

$300 buys me enough Jack for a weekend!!!
 
There are two commonly-available products above the common Old #7 Black Label: Gentleman Jack and Single Barrel. Gnetleman Jack is charcoal filtered a second time after aging and before bottling. And Single Barrel is just that, whiskey from a single, exceptional barrel.

Most whiskey is blended from several barrels. A taster individually tastes every barrel (my dream job) and rates it. Barrel 12345 is to oaky. Barrel 12346 isn't oaky enough and to dry. Barrel 12347 has good oak, but it's to sweet. And 12348 is just to young. So, the solution is to put 12348 back in the barrel house for another year and blend 12345, 12346, and 12347 together. They blend to get a consistent flavor profile. And that's why each bottle you buy is very much like the last.

But, every now and then an exceptional barrel comes along that's just perfect itself. It may not have the classic Old #7 profile, but it is just perfect unto itself and it'd be a shame to blend it toward the Old #7 profile. Those special barrels are kept separate and bottled as the single barrel product. A single barrel has only a couple of hundred bottles in it. So, if you get one you really like, write down the barrel number and run to your store and see if they have any more.
 
Appreciate all the help and I've passed on your words...

PS: Gentleman Jack's is all I've ever had of the JD line... it's okay over the rocks...

But I'm a Ta-Kill-Ya fan from way back!!!! :D
 
I'd like to see the law that says consumption is illegal. I've lived in dry counties, and consumption has always been legal in them. I doubt that it would past Constitutional muster either.
 
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm............whisky.......................

speaking of good booze....

Hey Gollnick......do you like Woodford Reserve Kentucky Bourbon? Seems to be good bang for the buck!
 
Woodford Reserve and Knob Creek Bourbon are two very important products because they are truly world-class whiskeys (yes, bourbon is a whiskey) and they are American-Made.

Some of the best brandy in the world (according to Wine Spectator) is made right here in Portland, Oregon, Clear Creek.

Many American wines are now considered among the best in the world.

We've been #1 in Beer for decades... with the medals to prove it.

The best Vermouth in the world is Vya from California, hands down.

Oregon now produced excellent gin (juniper is native to Oregon, you know), Wild Juniper Gin.

Idaho is producing excellent Vodka (potatos are grown in Idaho, you know), Glacier Vodka.

In this day and age when we are so concerned about America's dependence on foreign natural resources, I am pleased to say that we can pretty much declare ourselves Alcoholic Beverage Independent!
 
Since you can't see my face I will relate a story.Some time in the late '70's , before we had young'uns, the wife thought we oughta have some friends over for a pre-Christmas party.We were young and without kinfolk nearby living in L.A. Now i am not cheap, but can be thrifty. Luckys Supermarket, a local chain sold alcohol under their own label. I had purchased beer in the past. Get this, 12 -11oz. bottles in a yellow box marked just "BEER". It was like $2.50 as i recollect. Worth a shot I thought. Turned out to be quite alright. I discovered it was bottled by Pearl Brewing out of Texas. So this particular Christmas season I says to myself, "their bourbon must be Jim Beam or Jack or some maker like that". It was inexpensive so I bought a bottle. I went home and thought i should sample a bit to verify the quality of my savvy purchase prior to offering it to my holiday guests. I filled half a shot glass and took a sip. :eek: "HAZAA and WHOEEE!" It was like drinking lighter fluid. A poor brand of lighter fluid too! Well this was NOT sipping whiskey so I thought , "maybe it will pass as a mixer". I put the rest of the shot with a few ounces of Coke and tried it. It was like drinking "cola colored" lighter fluid. We had Vodka that Christmas.
A day after the party we left to visit relatives for Christmas in Tucson and traveling thru the Cleveland Natl. Forest outside San Diego we ran into heavy snow and sub freezing temps. The defroster was having trouble keeping up with the accumulation of ice so ,ole Mr Thrifty here whips out the Luckys Bourbon ( thought I could pass it on to the kin...heavy drinkers ya know) and pours it into the windshield washer resevoir. We had no further trouble the rest of the way and when we got out of the car it smelled like a stag party minus the vomit. Nowadays I take my drinking more serious and only buy expensive booze.
 
Wow, I'm gonna have to git me someah that Tito's Vodka... one way or another.
 
Gollnick said:
Woodford Reserve and Knob Creek Bourbon are two very important products because they are truly world-class whiskeys (yes, bourbon is a whiskey) and they are American-Made.
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Feel free to send me a bottle, or three, I like the occasional sip ...

Gollnick said:
Many American wines are now considered among the best in the world.
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I'd be interested to know which ones would be good examples of this, maybe I can find a couple here. I recall trying a few in California and Virginia and, while a couple of them would come up OK as a reasonable table wine, I don't recall anything that really stood out. Obviously I haven't tried all US wines and it was 10 years ago that I tried them.

Gollnick said:
We've been #1 in Beer for decades... with the medals to prove it.
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Er, I don't doubt you but I'm assuming you mean some local micro breweries, not the dog urine produced by your major breweries.
 
I've been contemplating buying a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue label for a while and splitting the cost with a couple of friends.

Does anyone have an opinion on this scotch? Worth a try for the $$$? Would i notice a significant difference....being a modest scotch drinker.

When it comes to drinking whisky/bourbon.....i just find Woodford Reserve to be just what i like. I know this is a little like comparing apples to oranges, but I just can't believe there would there be a vast improvement between the two in taste experience.......at least not worth the $170 CND difference.
 
Johnnie Walker Blue is very nice, yes. But I've never felt it worth the outrageous price they charge. There are many fine scotch options for half or 1/3 the price that I'd rather have.
 
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