# An entire barrel of Jack Daniels **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entire-barrel-of-jack-daniels/474104 "2008-11-23T15:39:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_in_second_hand_clothing)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entire-barrel-of-jack-daniels/474104/21 "2008-11-24T19:59:46Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I accidentally an entire barrel of Jack Daniels. The whole thing? ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entire-barrel-of-jack-daniels/474104/22 "2008-11-24T20:11:32Z")
Does anyone want to go in on this and split the bottles? Let’s all start a JD Barrel fund and buy one! ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entire-barrel-of-jack-daniels/474104/23 "2008-11-24T20:22:42Z")
> [@neutron\_star](#): > > Are you sure those numbers in the first two sentences aren’t supposed to be proof numbers instead of %ABV? Otherwise the last sentence doesn’t make much sense because 94 proof is 47% ABV. Yup, I pooched that one. Those are the proof numbers, not the alcohol by volume numbers. Maybe I should Google up some stuff from time to time instead of relying on the ol’ memory banks. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entire-barrel-of-jack-daniels/474104/24 "2008-11-24T20:32:41Z")
> [@EJsGirl](#): > > I have been to the distillery and taken the tour, from the one spring they get their water from, to the whole process (except no tasting the finished product, of course!). Is “no tasting” common for distillery tours? I hear that the Anchor Brewing Co tour is half a bender in and of itself. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entire-barrel-of-jack-daniels/474104/25 "2008-11-24T20:40:25Z")
> [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](#): > > Is “no tasting” common for distillery tours? I hear that the Anchor Brewing Co tour is half a bender in and of itself. No, it’s pretty odd. The no tasting has less to do with hospitality and everything to do with Jack being distilled in a dry county that does not permit alcohol sales. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entire-barrel-of-jack-daniels/474104/26 "2008-11-24T20:49:49Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > No, it’s pretty odd. The no tasting has less to do with hospitality and everything to do with Jack being distilled in a dry county that does not permit alcohol sales. I think they’ve changed that recently so you can do some tasting and even purchases on distillery premises. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entire-barrel-of-jack-daniels/474104/27 "2008-11-24T20:57:00Z")
IIRC, we could purchase booze in the “gift shop” but couldn’t taste any? Jeez, that was a long time ago! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entire-barrel-of-jack-daniels/474104/28 "2008-11-24T21:00:59Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > I think they’ve changed that recently so you can do some tasting and even purchases on distillery premises. I’d hope so, because were I to be buying one of these barrels I’d certainly want to fly down to the distillery try it first to make sure that my barrel isn’t one that a squirrel managed to fall into first or something. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entire-barrel-of-jack-daniels/474104/29 "2008-11-24T21:40:07Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Kinda cool I guess, but that would be more than a lifetime’s supply for me. Speaking of lifetime supplies, there’s an old story about W.C. Fields that I heard. I’m not sure if it’s true, but I always liked it. It seems Groucho Marx was at Fields’ house one day, and they went up to his attic. There, stacked high to the ceiling on a pallet, were an untold number of cases of whiskey. And Fields turns to Groucho and says, “this ought to last me for twenty years.” Talk about long term planning! ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entire-barrel-of-jack-daniels/474104/30 "2008-11-25T02:47:08Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > They are for long-term storage but I don’t think most people want to pay over 8k for a raw barrel of whiskey. The bottles are for to make it convienent for yourself and to give away to other people. A spigot on it would make it convienent for me. As for you other people, get your own damn sauce. I’ll be on the floor.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entire-barrel-of-jack-daniels/474104/31 "2008-11-25T04:32:57Z")
> [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](#): > > Is “no tasting” common for distillery tours? I hear that the Anchor Brewing Co tour is half a bender in and of itself. Places that make hard alcohol may be different, although I’ve found that winery tours usually charge a decent chunk of change for their tastings. Anchor is definitely generous; I’ve sat at their bar drinking their free beer and talking with the tour guide and other visitors for an hour or more after the tour. ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entire-barrel-of-jack-daniels/474104/32 "2008-11-25T04:46:36Z")
I added it to my Christmas wish list. Then showed the list to Razorette. She may stop laughing sometime before Thanksgiving. But I can still dream. And will. Mmmmmmm, Jack Danielsssss! Oh, yeah, and I don’t need friends to help me dispose of a lifetime supply of Jack. I got it handled, believe me. It may be a short life, but the supply would be gone. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entire-barrel-of-jack-daniels/474104/33 "2008-11-25T05:32:59Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Kinda cool I guess, but that would be more than a lifetime’s supply for me. With that attitude yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entire-barrel-of-jack-daniels/474104/34 "2008-11-25T15:18:31Z")
If I had those bottles, I’m going to guess that it would work out to between 10 and 15 year supply for me, basing that on the fact that I’m not going to be drinking anything else during that time frame. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entire-barrel-of-jack-daniels/474104/35 "2008-11-25T16:52:02Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > Now if it was Maker’s Mark, I’d consider it. Seconded. Not the same thing but the [Ambassador](http://www.makersmark.com/home.siv) club is fun. I named my barrel. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entire-barrel-of-jack-daniels/474104/36 "2008-11-26T18:05:57Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Places that make hard alcohol may be different, although I’ve found that winery tours usually charge a decent chunk of change for their tastings. Huh; I’ve gone wine tasting in Calaveras & Santa Barbara counties, and most were $10, if not free. I think one might’ve been $15. All these included at least 4 wines, and while not full glasses, they were respectably-sized pours. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entire-barrel-of-jack-daniels/474104/37 "2008-11-26T18:29:40Z")
In the interest of full disclosure, I linked to this thread in [another](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10499547#post10499547) one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-entire-barrel-of-jack-daniels/474104.md?page=1)