This scoring system strikes again. Between that and the blinds, I am LOVING this new format. This is exactly how I’ve felt about jack without being able to articulate it
Jack Daniels, the perfectly average whiskey that is good enough to drink on its own, yet cheap and available enough to use for any mixing. Always have a bottle on hand because it is so versatile.
Right. I’ve had worse whiskey that was 3x the price of jack. Not to mention how amazing the triple mash and others is with damn near the same price tag.
I think you hit the nail on the head with this one. I have never tried any other bourbon/whiskey that I actually enjoyed as much as I enjoy JD old no.7. I drink it neat. Don't care to mix it with anything. I do enjoy it with a good cigar like a gran habano corojo no.5. Subbed and thank you for the review.
~53 is where I'd rank it. You can get this anywhere in the world. I think you'd be surprised how many USA whiskeys you can get all over the world, I recently got a bottle of Knob Creek 9 here in Croatia. Love your energy, subscribed.
Jack, until recently, the only whiskey I like straight. I'm a novice to whiskey, so it's strong for me, but I like seeing it from the view of a whiskey aficionado. Strangely, I like jack but not bourbon, despite being made a similar way
I agree. I like 0ld #7 the best, got their bourbon just once, had one drink, and gave the rest away. to me, bourbon just doesn't do it. I love that beautiful warm bloom you get when JD hits the bottom of your gut.
Charcoal filtering doesn't "add" flavor per se, it removes some of the chemicals found in young, whiskey. So technically, they are adding flavor by removing chemicals and that technically makes it a bourbon.
Sometimes I am sad that I'll never get to enjoy drinking with my dad. He gave up drinking when I was about 10 because he had a real heavy drinking problem and surely would not be around today if he kept going. He is now dry for almost 9 years but I realy whish I could just have some beer or Whisky with my old man and just have some drunk conversations because I imagine it to be a really nice experiance. BTW I am from Germany thats why I can drink at this age
I had Jack Daniels years ago and hated it. But I wasn’t a regular consumer of whiskey at the time. This video convinced me to go get a bottle on my next run to the liquor store. I really like Maker’s Mark 46, but I also want a hood cheap mixer or something to knock back a couple of shots on some random Tuesday afternoon.
What made me a Jack Daniels fan was when I paired it with charcoal grilled burgers. The charcoal filtering really came our with those burgers. From that point on, every time I drink JD I get charcoal, which I love.
I’m not really a whiskey snob I just like Jack Daniels. I’ve drank it ever since I was 21 and I’m 61 now I’ve had others but I seem to always go back to JD. It’s comforting and nostalgic.
Did the tour at JD this past weekend. Great place, great town, a lot of fun. The Triple Mash is something special to me! But nothing wrong with old no 7.
I've never had a worse hangover than when I got wasted on Jack&Cokes... but in Jack's defense, I primarily drink beer and drank a 5th down to maybe 1 finger left in the bottle
I recommend doing value prior to availability. Only be shown the price at that point. That way the name can’t influence value. Then do availability last, which is when you really need to know what it is.
Jack Daniels is technically bourbon, it is also Tennessee whiskey. It fits both criteria. Similar to how Bourbon is Whiskey but not all Whiskey is Bourbon.
Interesting hypothesis about the most recognizable bottle... JD is certainly up there. What else? Makers Mark? Blanton's? For people who drink bourbon a lot, Elijah Craig and Knob Creek are probably on the list.
Jack Daniel's clearly stats on the bottle that it's whiskey not bourbon! So bourbon is a type of whiskey that’s made from at least 51% corn and aged in new charred oak barrels, while whiskey can be made from any grain and aged in any type of wood barrel.
At 9:50 my former 8th grade mind (circa 1998) couldn't help but hear "Overall I'm just gonna stick it right in the middle". Not counting the last concluding words of the sentence, just that part.
Jack Daniels was the 5th, 6th, and 7th whiskey I've tried. The first one I tried was Gentleman Jack which was very underwhelming. The 2nd was the Single Barrel Select which absolutely blasted me with a char flavor that was too distracting for me to enjoy it, even when I mixed it with coke. The 3rd was No7 which was definitely more tame than the SBS (and was delicious with coke, go figure), but the char flavor/smell was still too distracting to enjoy it neat or over ice. In case anyone is curious, my experience with whiskey up to this point has been J. Reiger Kansas City Whiskey (Kansas Native, had to be my first. I'm not including the awful sip of Orange Jameson I had), Willett Pot Still Reserve bourbon, Wild Turkey 101 bourbon, and Old Forester Statesman bourbon (Went to the store looking for Old Forester 86, but Statesman had a cooler label).
Added note: Jack Daniels actually made their bottle that shape to make it harder for others to sell their product by slapping another name on it. Also people would add the Jack name to a random bottle and it be total hog wash, so that protects their name as well.
Just found your channel and I love it. It's awesome to see how a fellow Alabamian goes about finding allocated bottles. Keep up the awesome content and maybe I'll see you one Saturday morning around Hoover, AL. Roll Tide Roll I always keep Jack (old no.7) on hand for Jack and Cokes. It is NOT something I drink neat.
I feel like you wouldn't be able to blind test Jack Daniel's. It's a pretty distinctive taste that you'll probably recognize. UPD - posted this before I got to the part of the video with a similar comment from the host.
I'm no expert, but I know what I like, Old No 7 is good but I liked the Green label better. Now I cannot find it, Also find that I now prefer Gentleman Jack the best of the Jack Daniels for Me
Jack Daniels vs Evan &Williams Bottled & Bond, I'll take EWBB every day of the week & twice on Sunday. Hell, just basic Evin Williams is 10x better than JD
I rather like the Bonded version since it is 100 proof. I am not sure if the filtering process removes something "important" but to me it tastes good but just does not taste much like bourbon.
Hi i know this is an old video but i believe you should have value at a far higher %. The cost of a product plays the biggest role in a average consumers choice, especially with the price of alcohol these days. The average person isn't going to casually and consistently drop $250 on a bottle of whiskey just because its a little more fancy or complex.
I don't think the association with people like Sinatra and The Rolling Stones can be overstated. Since most people drink when underage as an act of rebellion, Jack Daniels being associated with celebrities who essentially answer to no one is far more important than whatever is or isn't in the bottle.
No.7 would qualify as a bourbon, but isn't because it isn't labeled as such. Evan Williams is also charcoal filtered and is able to use the 'bourbon' label.
Nothing beats Jack and Coke. Nothing. I know that a lot of people hate the fact that men like me put cola or ginger ale in their Whisky. So what? The best Whisky is the Whisky that tastes good for you.
To be fair on the good stuff don’t forget to taste and rate the crap, 7.99 liters, 12.99liters, and how about mixability? I think so many of us live cocktails if needs to be considered. Thoughts I’ll ask you tonight again 😀
What's fake about this video is Jack Daniels is unique. I mean Tennessee whiskey is unique. You can't mistake it. That charcoal filtering gives it away. So to act like you don't know what it is is pure comedy.
It's a bourbon. Filtering it through sugar maple charcoal doesn't add flavor or smoothness. It is smooth because it is 80 proof. Jason C from Mash and Drum did a great video about it too. JD is such a bourbon....just like Angel's finished in port wine casks or Makers with the stave finishes. All, Tennessee whiskey is bourbon ;-)
I would not give Jack an above average value rating, I would actually argue it’s a terrible value. For the same price you can get Evan Black, Evan BiB, Jim Beam, Jim Beam black, benchmark, old grandad etc. tons of bottles that are better than Jack for the price.
Its definitely bourbon. They dont want to be called bourbon because it helps their marketing. The lincoln county process is subtractive not additive, and there are kentucky bourbons that use the lincoln county process. Not to mention that there are the master distillers of jack on camera stating that its bourbon. Nothing against the company, i love a lot of their whiskey.
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This scoring system strikes again. Between that and the blinds, I am LOVING this new format. This is exactly how I’ve felt about jack without being able to articulate it
Jack Daniels, the perfectly average whiskey that is good enough to drink on its own, yet cheap and available enough to use for any mixing. Always have a bottle on hand because it is so versatile.
Right. I’ve had worse whiskey that was 3x the price of jack. Not to mention how amazing the triple mash and others is with damn near the same price tag.
I don’t drink alcohol at all but I still enjoy these videos
Thank you!
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I like that you've weighted the categories and I think you've done the percentages right. Those are ticking all the boxes.
Nailed it on the score. No 7 is definitively middle of the road. I like that it’s a blind pour.
I think you hit the nail on the head with this one. I have never tried any other bourbon/whiskey that I actually enjoyed as much as I enjoy JD old no.7. I drink it neat. Don't care to mix it with anything. I do enjoy it with a good cigar like a gran habano corojo no.5. Subbed and thank you for the review.
~53 is where I'd rank it. You can get this anywhere in the world. I think you'd be surprised how many USA whiskeys you can get all over the world, I recently got a bottle of Knob Creek 9 here in Croatia. Love your energy, subscribed.
This is the best whiskey channel on RUclips. Period. I really enjoy the hunting videos!
Fair. I’d agree with the score here. I’d be interested in seeing you score the single barrel jack and where that falls in your opinion.
Jack, until recently, the only whiskey I like straight. I'm a novice to whiskey, so it's strong for me, but I like seeing it from the view of a whiskey aficionado. Strangely, I like jack but not bourbon, despite being made a similar way
I agree. I like 0ld #7 the best, got their bourbon just once, had one drink, and gave the rest away. to me, bourbon just doesn't do it. I love that beautiful warm bloom you get when JD hits the bottom of your gut.
Charcoal filtering doesn't "add" flavor per se, it removes some of the chemicals found in young, whiskey. So technically, they are adding flavor by removing chemicals and that technically makes it a bourbon.
Lol not how that work, it's bourbon. With a extra step
Jack Daniels is a must in any bar collection.
Sometimes I am sad that I'll never get to enjoy drinking with my dad.
He gave up drinking when I was about 10 because he had a real heavy drinking problem and surely would not be around today if he kept going.
He is now dry for almost 9 years but I realy whish I could just have some beer or Whisky with my old man and just have some drunk conversations because I imagine it to be a really nice experiance.
BTW I am from Germany thats why I can drink at this age
I had Jack Daniels years ago and hated it. But I wasn’t a regular consumer of whiskey at the time. This video convinced me to go get a bottle on my next run to the liquor store. I really like Maker’s Mark 46, but I also want a hood cheap mixer or something to knock back a couple of shots on some random Tuesday afternoon.
Wild turkey 81
Jack is one of my favorite brands of whiskey and I agree I've never bought a bottle and not at least seen a bottle of Ol' #7 on the shelf.
What made me a Jack Daniels fan was when I paired it with charcoal grilled burgers. The charcoal filtering really came our with those burgers. From that point on, every time I drink JD I get charcoal, which I love.
Charcoal is amazing
I’m not really a whiskey snob I just like Jack Daniels. I’ve drank it ever since I was 21 and I’m 61 now I’ve had others but I seem to always go back to JD. It’s comforting and nostalgic.
Subscribed. Dunno how I even found this channel, as I don’t drink anymore. Still find the history and nuance fascinating
I was a big Tin cup whiskey guy but I've tried gentleman jack for the first time today and I'm in love 22 yr. old whiskey drinker here
Did the tour at JD this past weekend. Great place, great town, a lot of fun. The Triple Mash is something special to me! But nothing wrong with old no 7.
I've never had a worse hangover than when I got wasted on Jack&Cokes... but in Jack's defense, I primarily drink beer and drank a 5th down to maybe 1 finger left in the bottle
Try splitting a handle of Evan Williams in a single evening 😆
This video format is a real step up 🥃
I love that you guessed Elijah Craig Small Batch correctly, but didn't know Old No. 7. You never know what you are going to get in a blind. 😂
haha true!
I'm surprised as well, just wasn't expecting it.
Love your new scoring system.
Thanks!
Love the blind tasting reviews great idea! 👍
Thanks for watching!
Uncle Nearest is Jack Daniels.. its not really bourbon, but it goes great with coke if your tired of Bacardie Rum.. everyone has it.. like coke.
Lots of love and respect from India. JD is unmatched, and with coke its an elixir
A true bourbon is a friend to most a true whiskey is a friend to all.
Jack Daniel’s, Jameson, and Isle of Skye 8 are my favourite cheap whisk(e)ys
The go too every time every place it’s not fancy it’s not expensive and you can get it pretty much every where and it tastes pretty good 👍
Yeah, I like the scoring system. This episode kinda proved that it’s working. That’s right about where Jack Daniel’s should go.
Do a review on small batch knob Creek.
New scoring system seems good to me. I noticed that the previous one would seem skewed.
I recommend doing value prior to availability. Only be shown the price at that point. That way the name can’t influence value. Then do availability last, which is when you really need to know what it is.
JD is an average every-person's whiskey, so the score is appropriate
I love Jack Daniel's
it was nathan who taught jack how to make whisky, the preacher was just his owner.
Jack Daniels is technically bourbon, it is also Tennessee whiskey. It fits both criteria. Similar to how Bourbon is Whiskey but not all Whiskey is Bourbon.
Interesting hypothesis about the most recognizable bottle... JD is certainly up there. What else? Makers Mark? Blanton's? For people who drink bourbon a lot, Elijah Craig and Knob Creek are probably on the list.
Jack Daniel's clearly stats on the bottle that it's whiskey not bourbon! So bourbon is a type of whiskey that’s made from at least 51% corn and aged in new charred oak barrels, while whiskey can be made from any grain and aged in any type of wood barrel.
At 9:50 my former 8th grade mind (circa 1998) couldn't help but hear "Overall I'm just gonna stick it right in the middle". Not counting the last concluding words of the sentence, just that part.
Heh! Unsurprisingly, JD#7 is kind of the baseline where other corn-mash whiskeys can be measured against. It's the Old #7 Mean.
Jack Daniels was the 5th, 6th, and 7th whiskey I've tried. The first one I tried was Gentleman Jack which was very underwhelming. The 2nd was the Single Barrel Select which absolutely blasted me with a char flavor that was too distracting for me to enjoy it, even when I mixed it with coke. The 3rd was No7 which was definitely more tame than the SBS (and was delicious with coke, go figure), but the char flavor/smell was still too distracting to enjoy it neat or over ice.
In case anyone is curious, my experience with whiskey up to this point has been J. Reiger Kansas City Whiskey (Kansas Native, had to be my first. I'm not including the awful sip of Orange Jameson I had), Willett Pot Still Reserve bourbon, Wild Turkey 101 bourbon, and Old Forester Statesman bourbon (Went to the store looking for Old Forester 86, but Statesman had a cooler label).
Nothing goes better than Jack on the rocks and live heavy metal
Added note: Jack Daniels actually made their bottle that shape to make it harder for others to sell their product by slapping another name on it. Also people would add the Jack name to a random bottle and it be total hog wash, so that protects their name as well.
this is suprisingly educational
You find Jack Daniels pretty regularly in the UK as well
I only mix this with Coca Cola or I drink it on the rocks on a summer day. The Single Barrel Select at 94 proof now that is great 👍🏻🥃
Nothing wrong with that!
i drink a pint of jack everyday because of this channel
Just found your channel and I love it. It's awesome to see how a fellow Alabamian goes about finding allocated bottles. Keep up the awesome content and maybe I'll see you one Saturday morning around Hoover, AL. Roll Tide Roll
I always keep Jack (old no.7) on hand for Jack and Cokes. It is NOT something I drink neat.
I love how your are rating these blind now. This is going to get interesting. The new rating model is awesome.
Man i see an Ardbeg behind you, this is my favorite scotch
I can always drink it , i don't have to think about it , I just crab it and have a drink and I drink in occasions only.
My friend got a JD bicentennial bottle in his living room and I wanna drink it soooo baddd
To really test you and the new scoring system we need a cheap cheap whiskey, would make it easier for you to give lower scores too
I'd like to thank brewzle for my new alcohol addiction whiskey only though 😂
Love the reviews. Are you a fan of Japanese whiskeys? If so, any recommendations?!
I actually don't think I've had any
I feel like you wouldn't be able to blind test Jack Daniel's. It's a pretty distinctive taste that you'll probably recognize. UPD - posted this before I got to the part of the video with a similar comment from the host.
I think jack Daniel’s should be a slit bit lower but you are right on the money in the 50
I'm no expert, but I know what I like, Old No 7 is good but I liked the Green label better. Now I cannot find it, Also find that I now prefer Gentleman Jack the best of the Jack Daniels for Me
Jack Daniels vs Evan &Williams Bottled & Bond, I'll take EWBB every day of the week & twice on Sunday. Hell, just basic Evin Williams is 10x better than JD
Great content. Really like this presentation style. He mentioned good bottles for $20-25. @Brewzle, have you made a video on this?
Yes I have! It's down the list on the longform content
I rather like the Bonded version since it is 100 proof. I am not sure if the filtering process removes something "important" but to me it tastes good but just does not taste much like bourbon.
A video comparing Jack Daniel old number 7 and John walker black label
Jasper Jack-Daniel (1933)
Hi i know this is an old video but i believe you should have value at a far higher %. The cost of a product plays the biggest role in a average consumers choice, especially with the price of alcohol these days. The average person isn't going to casually and consistently drop $250 on a bottle of whiskey just because its a little more fancy or complex.
Jack Daniels also distills Coopers Craft, also charcoal filtered. Does that mean Coopers Craft is not a bourbon?
I had a fire ball for my first taste of liquor
I don't think the association with people like Sinatra and The Rolling Stones can be overstated. Since most people drink when underage as an act of rebellion, Jack Daniels being associated with celebrities who essentially answer to no one is far more important than whatever is or isn't in the bottle.
My first drink was jack daniels and man the taste whooped my ass more than the buzz🤣
im a bit confused is this system new, this would be pretty high ranked compared to others. we need a updated list we can click on lol
No.7 would qualify as a bourbon, but isn't because it isn't labeled as such.
Evan Williams is also charcoal filtered and is able to use the 'bourbon' label.
Nothing beats Jack and Coke.
Nothing.
I know that a lot of people hate the fact that men like me put cola or ginger ale in their Whisky.
So what?
The best Whisky is the Whisky that tastes good for you.
Oddly enough. Lynchburg is a dry county
It makes sense that JD is "middle of the road" average.
It's what i compare everything else to.
I literally typed this comment before he said "middle of the road average" and I feel vindicated.
These blinds are absolutely best
To be fair on the good stuff don’t forget to taste and rate the crap, 7.99 liters, 12.99liters, and how about mixability? I think so many of us live cocktails if needs to be considered. Thoughts I’ll ask you tonight again 😀
What's fake about this video is Jack Daniels is unique. I mean Tennessee whiskey is unique. You can't mistake it. That charcoal filtering gives it away. So to act like you don't know what it is is pure comedy.
Jack Daniels - The number one reason that Americans choose Scotch. (Jim Beam is number two.)
Dont compare Jim Beam to the crap they put in the jack daniels bottle. Only way Jack becomes tolerable is with coke and ice
The older labels were much cooler.
It's a bourbon. Filtering it through sugar maple charcoal doesn't add flavor or smoothness. It is smooth because it is 80 proof. Jason C from Mash and Drum did a great video about it too. JD is such a bourbon....just like Angel's finished in port wine casks or Makers with the stave finishes.
All, Tennessee whiskey is bourbon ;-)
Ancient Age vs No 7 vs JTS Brown 80proof... ?? about the same?
My guess is no 7 would be better than Ancient Age (not Ancient Ancient Age) but not sure how it'd stack up against JTS Brown.
In my country, jack Daniels cost around 65-70 USD , I tried it and personally not for me and Def not at that price point
Cost like 15 20 dollars in Tennessee
Will you be redoing all previous reviews?
Not sure, should I?
Only because you’re now doing it blind and the new scoring system.
By the way the new scoring systems is great. Cheers 🥃
Proof that the people of St. Louis don’t know “jack” about whiskey
Crown royal
I would not give Jack an above average value rating, I would actually argue it’s a terrible value. For the same price you can get Evan Black, Evan BiB, Jim Beam, Jim Beam black, benchmark, old grandad etc. tons of bottles that are better than Jack for the price.
I would rather buy the Dog Toy than hold a Drag Queen Drink.
TTB says it’s a bourbon.
Its definitely bourbon. They dont want to be called bourbon because it helps their marketing. The lincoln county process is subtractive not additive, and there are kentucky bourbons that use the lincoln county process. Not to mention that there are the master distillers of jack on camera stating that its bourbon. Nothing against the company, i love a lot of their whiskey.
I agree it's 100% a marketing tactic, that's just their argument not mine.
@@Brewzle i know. Im just stating some facts. Your stance was essentially neutral.
I’m getting fucked up on ole Jack right now
Love, hate for Jack. i love the straight drinkability hate the next morning
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St. Louis in 1904, was that part of the Worlds Fair?
like #332 checking in
2 for 2 with these blind reviews. Right where Jack should be
I love and hate Jack Daniels. The hangover is a nightmare lol
Ol reliable jack. Yeah its a commercial whisky but so what? At least it aint price gouged dog crap like casa amigos
I always thought a Burbon Whiskey had to be from KY
Nope, just has to be made in the US or it's territories.