# What’s your opinion of Jack Daniels?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 2, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-opinion-of-jack-daniels/838088 "2019-08-02T21:34:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-opinion-of-jack-daniels/838088/61 "2019-08-13T14:49:31Z")

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Not really relevant but when I read a book about Tabasco Sauce a while back, I was surprised that the barrels they age the peppers for three years in are from Jack Daniels. It’s just a cheap source of barrels since when a shipment comes in, all the char is wire brushed out then a layer of wax applied on the inside – no trace of whiskey flavor is left. The barrels are maintained and reused until they can no longer be made water tight, upwards of twenty years.

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**Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-opinion-of-jack-daniels/838088/62 "2019-08-13T15:04:22Z")

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> [@K364](#):
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> If you want a great bourbon with a balanced amount of bight, spice, oak, etc I would recommend Woodford Reserve.

+1. I’m a big fan of Woodford Reserve. Great quality for just a couple extra bucks.

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**Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-opinion-of-jack-daniels/838088/63 "2019-08-16T01:48:52Z")

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I just bought some JD to see if my memory served. So, yeah, drinkable … or at least I wouldn’t refuse if someone was serving it to me.

Now, that I’ve been biased by reading about the Tennessee Whiskey process, I think I can taste the maple.

Review: Sharp, not mellow, not refined. Too sweet. Won’t buy again till a few decades have passed should I live so long.

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**Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-opinion-of-jack-daniels/838088/64 "2019-08-17T01:07:03Z")

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I don’t like it personally … and I don’t consider myself a snob. That and Wild Turkey are both the equivalent donkey piss. 🙂

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**Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-opinion-of-jack-daniels/838088/65 "2019-08-17T01:27:49Z")

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You are dead to me.

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