Distiller Notes
Master Distiller Chris Fletcher has crafted this rare high-proof release selecting barrels from the “buzzard roost” of the Coy Hill barrel houses #8 and #13. Aging in the most elevated and oldest barrel houses at the Jack Daniel Distillery. The extreme conditions in these barrel houses create a complex whiskeys. Dark burnished wood hue with aromas of seared oak and dark brown sugar. Each sip explodes with bold baking spices with toffee, smoke, and rich leather lingers almost infinitely.
Though they do have a great deal in common, Tennessee Whiskey and Bourbon are not the same. While both must be made from a grain mash bill of at least 51% corn and then left to age in unused, charred white oak barrels, what makes Tennessee Whiskey special is the charcoal filtering process that occurs just before the new-make spirit is transferred to barrel. Known as the Lincoln County Process, this filtering strips off some of the harsher flavor notes, making Tennessee Whiskey smooth and approachable.