Jack Daniel's reviews

This one was bottled Oct 19 2015 and comes from barrel 15-5957, stored on Rick R-26.The colour is a dark caramel. On the nose - lots of oak on this one, with sugared raisins, burnt caramel, some black…

Very light, very sweet, slightly floral. Lots of caramel, faint oak and very little bite.

A prestigious version of the good ol' no. 7, that was refined two times and " charcoal mellowed again after reaching maturity". Not adventurous, nor daring, Sweet as expected, fruity, and greasy, this…

The Single Barrel Silver Select is only available at travel retail; I picked it up in October whilst coming back from WhiskyFest NYC. What makes it different from the usual SBs is that these barrels come…

I have two Jack Daniel's bottles I haven't written up yet, so I'm going to review them while comparing them not only to each other, but also to the Single Barrel Holiday Select 2014 (which I scored a 93…

TIFF is finally over! I had my final screening this evening, and after having 19 films playing this year - and seeing many more - I needed to celebrate with something I will like but is not too challe…

Lovely dark mahogany colour with long legs in glass.Nose: typical JD aromas but punched to a different level with the extra ABV, banana, caramel vanilla and wood char.Palate: caramel, wood and spice with…

I'm not a great lover of No.7 neat but it serves it's purpose with mixers on holiday in the sun, this expression has most of the flavour removed by the second filtration. The basics are still present…

Colour: lovely deep copperNose: If only No.7 smelled like this, no glue note I always find in the cheaper expression just a lovely corn sweetness married with old leather and oak on the back. No reason…

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…