http://www.straightbourbon.com/forums/ Rye and TN whiskey tastings go here. en Sat, 25 May 2013 09:22:26 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.straightbourbon.com/forums/images/styles/UndergroundStyle/misc/rss.png http://www.straightbourbon.com/forums/ http://www.straightbourbon.com/forums/showthread.php?19680-Tale-of-JD-Barrel-No-12-6714-Bottled-12-1-12&goto=newpost Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:47:08 GMT I bought in Toronto a bottle of Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Select recently, the neck label bears the barrel number and bottling date mentioned above.

It was the only one on the shelf with that data, a few other bottles of JDSB were next to it, with different barrel numbers and bottling dates.

I chose 12-6714 because it was the lightest in color, which of itself means little other than that I usually buy the darkest ones. So just to change it around a bit, I bought the lightest one amongst that group.

The taste is very good, a little sweet, no banana notes (perhaps some kind of fruit other than yellow-skinned fruit in a small way, orange perhaps) and very good-tasting, rounded and even-flowing.

I served it blind to two experienced tasters to see if they could tell the origin or close enough. Both these gents easily picked a bottle of JD Black Label from a group of bourbons a few years ago. One thought it might be a Canadian flavouring whiskey, he thought Masterson's perhaps except there was no pronounced rye note. The other thought it might be one of my own bourbon blends. The name JD never came up and when I showed them the bottle they expressed great surprise.

This particular barrel matured in quite a unique way, even for JDSB (which generally does show the "house" character of JD albeit in specific ways).

Gary ]]> Other American Whiskey Tastings Gillman http://www.straightbourbon.com/forums/showthread.php?19680-Tale-of-JD-Barrel-No-12-6714-Bottled-12-1-12 http://www.straightbourbon.com/forums/showthread.php?19224-JDSB-vertical-tasting&goto=newpost Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:05:52 GMT Since the Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel came out in 1997 I’ve been buying an extra bottle each year and stashing it away to eventually do a vertical... Since the Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel came out in 1997 I’ve been buying an extra bottle each year and stashing it away to eventually do a vertical tasting. Well, now that I have bottles from 15 years I figured its time to actually do it. I’ll probably do 3-4 bottles a month and compare them with a 2012 bottle. I realize these being single barrels the results may not be completely indicative of the whole year but what the heck, its fun anyway.

Bottled on 1-21-97
A little thin on the mouth feel. I taste a hint of black cherries. A nice sweetness to it. The oak and char is there but isn’t huge. Pretty good sipper but not as big as the newer ones

Bottled on 3-10-98
This was the thinnest and flattest of the four sampled. Not a whole lot going on with this one. A little oak and char on the finish and a little bitterness comes through, but that’s about it

Bottled on 3-15-99
A little thicker mouth feel on this one. A touch more of the oak and char. Easy drinking, sweet and smooth.

Bottled on 5-21-12
Thick mouth feel, some nuttiness comes through. Much more pronounced oak and char. The biggest one of the bunch. Love this one.

So far I’d say they are all the same general taste profile but it seems the JDSB has gotten fuller and more oaky with more char flavor since it started out. After I finish these bottles I’ll do another round of tasting ]]> Other American Whiskey Tastings VAGentleman http://www.straightbourbon.com/forums/showthread.php?19224-JDSB-vertical-tasting