Posted on 06/26/2016 10:23:21 PM PDT by Duke C.
After 150 years, Jack Daniels has finally revealed that a slave was behind the world-famous recipe of America's most popular whisky.
Until now, the story told was that a white moonshine distiller named Dan Call had taught his young apprentice, Jasper Newton 'Jack' Daniel, how to run his Tennessee distillery.
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>>Where’s Aunt Jemima in the mix? Get it? Mix?
He’s really an Uncle.
Married to Uncle Ben.
Jack Daniels is whiskey flavored water. Evan Williams is made in KY, it’s half the price, tastes better and is stronger.
Well, I shook old Jim Beam's hand a little too hard once, but that was then...
Jack Daniels is not bourbon. It is not a bourbon giant. It is Tennssee whiskey.
First, it’s Daniel.. not Daniels.
Kind of calls into question everything that follows if the “author” can’t even get the name right.
I said it first!
How are you today, sweetie? We have another swim meet this afternoon, and I’m making chicken-tortilla casserole.
Never been a whisky man, but I did take the Jack Daniel’s tour in Lynchburg, TN a few years ago. Very interesting and worth the time if you’re ever in the area. The guides are all natives of the area and most have been working at the distillery for decades, so you get a lot of local color.
As I recall, the tour didn’t offer much information as to how Jack Daniel acquired his recipe. They did tell us that Mr. Jack was all of 15 when he acquired the distillery and ran it until his death in 1911. The story of his death has now been discredited, but the guide presented it as gospel truth when I took the tour. As she told it, Daniel had a safe where he kept money, important papers and other valued possessions. Unfortunately, he had trouble remembering the combination and opening the safe. One morning, in frustration, he kicked the safe and injured his toe. Blood poisoning set in, and he died a few days later.
The real hero of the business was Lem Motlow, one of Daniel’s nephews who joined the business in the early 1900s and ran it after Jack’s death. He was able to preserve the company’s assets during prohibition and resurrected the distillery after prohibition was lifted. The local community college is named for him, as I recall.
One other tidbit: the Jack Daniel’s distillery is located in an “officially dry country. The distillery is the only place you can buy alcohol and of course, they only sell Jack Daniel’s.
Sour mash is nasty. Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey for my.
Gobble, gobble !!
Pretty good so far!
and Edison’s black servant actually invented everything, Ford’s black houseboy was the real genius, all the black janitors at NASA are the real brains of the operation.
#Blacklabelsmatter
Glad to hear it. Stay cool!
Isn’t that Jack Daniel?
I know I’ll take hit for this but the only bourbon that isn’t swill in my opinion is Booker’s.
They really try to make it sound like the slave invented it.
No mention of who taught the slave. Whisky was not made in Africa, but Scots and Irish had been making it hundreds of years prior. Kind of a big deal to them culturally (Call sounds like a Gaelic name).
Maybe that is the beauty of this “slave origin” story for a British audience - Tweaking the Scots, Irish and Americans, all at once.
And remember that after his fight in Africa the late Muhammad Ali spoke of being glad that his granddaddy got on that boat!
And remember that after his fight in Africa the late Muhammad Ali spoke of being glad that his granddaddy got on that boat!
Kentucky Bourbon and Tennessee whisky are cousins, not brothers. Each has its own fans.
I have not tried Rebel Yell, though it looks interesting. It might go on my list. You mentioned a hint of Peat. I came into possession of a bottle of The Aardbeg Islay whiskey about ten years ago, and I have to say the aroma and taste made you think you were biting off a chunk of smoldering peat when you sipped it.
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