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Jack Daniel's Single Barrel 14-5822

Welcome to the continuing saga whereby I try various different Single Barrels of Jack Daniel's. Yeah, yeah I know, y'all hate Jack Daniels but I don't care, for me this is fun. So suck it. Here we have Barrel No. 14-5822 from Rick No. L-19 and bottled Oct 1 2014. Within this review, I'm going to compare it to the last JD SB I reviewed here,...

Score 88/100

Jack Daniel's Gentleman Jack

This is definitely a step up from the run of the mill Jack Daniels but it was nothing I could get really excited about. I had two fingers with a cube of ice and it was still a bit rough on the edges. Jack in my mind is a mixing whisky and it was not easy to drink straight, even the higher end Jack. Money could be better spent elsewhere...

Score 65/100

Jack Daniel's Single Barrel

Acquired as a 23rd birthday gift. Bottled specifically for Hy-vee (A grocery store chain) Kirksville, Mo. Rick No.: L-30 Barrel No.: 14-0069 Bottled: 01-07-14 47% ABV Color: Copper-Amber Nose: Upon opening its easily spicy-sweet leaning closer to the sweet side. Odd melon (cantalope/musk melon) notes become apparent. With time vanilla, caramel...

Score 80/100

Jack Daniel's Original (No.7)

Jack Daniel may be the most famous American whisky brand, and its No.7 the most available American whisky in the world. But in the whisky world being this common always means it's for the mass market, almost everyone heard and drank Jonnie Walker before Compass Box, Glenlivet before Ardbeg. Most of these common and cheap whiskies tend to be easy...

Score 70/100