Jack Daniel’s Whiskey

Description

Founded by Jasper Newton Daniel in 1886 with help from a slave named Nearis Green, the brand has grown over the years to become a choice drink for special occasions.

The unique thing about the brand is that it could actually pass for a bourbon, but the company chooses rather to market it as a Tennessee whiskey.

Jack Daniel’s is made from corn, rye and malted barley, and is distilled in copper stills. The distilled drink is then filtered through 10-foot (3.0 m) stacks of sugar maple charcoal in a process referred to as “mellowing”.

According to the company, this extra mellowing step, also called the Lincoln County Process, removes impurities and the taste of corn and differentiates it from bourbon.