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Jack Daniel's

Jack Daniel's

Every day we make our whisky, we will make it the best we possibly can.

Jack Daniels

Производство на Jack Daniel's

Water is used from the Spring Distillery well, which produces 3000 liters of pure fresh water per minute, filtered through limestone. It is important that there is no iron in the water, because even a small iron content gives the whiskey an unpleasant metallic taste.

A combination of 80% corn, which gives the whiskey a sweet taste, 12% malted barley and 8% rye is used for alcohol production. The products are mixed in fermenters with a volume of 150,000 liters with the residues from the previous fermentation and left for some time. Soon the yeast begins to absorb the sugar, alcohol is formed in the process and carbon dioxide is released. After 6 days, most of the sugar is converted into alcohol. Part of the mixture will remain until the next fermentation, and the rest is heated to separate the alcohol. The alcohol vapors are led to a still, which produces alcohol called green whiskey. The green whiskey is filtered through charcoal obtained from sugar maple, and the entire filtering process lasts about 10 days. The filtered whiskey is transferred to new charred 200-liter American oak barrels, which will give color and aroma to the whiskey.

The production process, unique to Tennessee Whiskey, is known to the world as the Lincoln County Process. All other American whiskey production methods are classified as bourbon.

By law, any American whiskey must be aged for at least 2 years, but Jack Daniel's whiskey is at least 4 years old.

Jack Daniels

History

1875: After inheriting property from his father, Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel founded a legally registered distillery business with his partner Dan Call, who, incidentally, introduced Jasper Daniel to the secrets of distilling in their teenage years. Shortly thereafter, when Dan Call left the business for religious reasons, Daniel took over the entire enterprise.

1880: Jack Daniels owned 15 distilleries.

1897: The first Jack Daniels square bottles were on sale.

1904: Jack Daniels gained popularity after winning a gold medal for best whiskey at the St. Louis World's Fair.

1907: Due to health issues, Jack Daniel handed over the distillery to his two nephews. One of them - Lem Motlow soon bought out the other nephew's share and remained owner for nearly 40 years.

1910: Tennessee passed a statewide prohibition law, effectively banning Jack Daniels from legally distributing it. Due to the prohibition in Tennessee, the company moved its distilling operations to St. Louis, Missouri, and Birmingham, Alabama. After some time, the Alabama plant was shut down in accordance with a similar prohibition law in that state. The St. Louis branch also ceased operations, but this time due to the introduction of a national alcohol prohibition in 1920.

1911: The founder of the Jack Daniels brand died of blood poisoning.

1938: Lem Motlow became a state senator in Tennessee and lobbied for the resumption of Jack Daniel's whiskey production in his hometown of Lynchburg.

1942 – 1946: Jack Daniel ceased operations due to World War II.

1947: Motlow passed away, bequeathing the enterprise to his children: Robert, Reagor, Dan, Connor, and Mary.

1956: The company was sold to Brown-Forman Corporation.

1972: The Jack Daniels distillery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

2006 – 2015: The company sponsored the V8 Supercar teams Perkins Engineering and Kelly Racing.