Gentleman Jack

[CrownVicLX]

Sipping some Gentleman Jack right now, though it is a little early.
I'm still VERY far from a whiskey connoissuer, but I like this particular pour.

Good nose and it finishes well with almost no harsh aftertaste. I wish it was a higher proof, though.

[Sycamore Tree]

Gentleman Jack is extremely good if you like Bananas. And I like bananas like a chimp. It has a distinctive fried Banana chip taste to it.

[mozilla]

IIRC, GJ is filtered 3 times. IMO, too much of the original taste of the product is lost.

[Megawatt]

IIRC, GJ is filtered 3 times. IMO, too much of the original taste of the product is lost.

Filtered twice, actually.

In any case, I've had one bottle and I was quite impressed. I would probably buy it again.

[heatmiser]

This is my favorite JD offering...

[polyamnesia]

IIRC, GJ is filtered 3 times. IMO, too much of the original taste of the product is lost.

(orange italics bold MY EMPHASIS!!! )

that might be a good thing...

but all kidding aside, i am now finishing this little bottle off in 3 days easily because it is too easy to down. like candy. almost.

and i have to add, i am still intrigued by this non-bourbon southern whiskey...

aside from the established plantain/banana presence and butterscotch, i am actually catching odd WHIFFS of pecans.....

= pralines

....now what about folks who have never tasted bananas or pralines.......what would they experience?

the question arises:

the Tabula Rasa tongue??????

[whiskeyhatch]

Sipping some Gentleman Jack right now, though it is a little early.
I'm still VERY far from a whiskey connoissuer, but I like this particular pour.

Good nose and it finishes well with almost no harsh aftertaste. I wish it was a higher proof, though.

Ditto on the higher proof. I do not like JD. However, I wanted to buy a bottle of whiskey to keep at my parents house. I also wanted to get something that my brother-in-law would like as well. Since he does like JD I decided (after consulting this site, of course) to get a bottle of GJ. I was pleasantly surprised. It seems that the extra run through the charcoal gives it a really nice heavy-on-the-char taste... which I like. I'd certainly buy it again. Now, if only I can get my brother-in-law into real whiskey!

[AVB]

The 375ml size is on sale here in PA for $10.59 out the door until the end of the month. That makes it a pretty good deal.

[polyamnesia]

The 375ml size is on sale here in PA for $10.59 out the door until the end of the month. That makes it a pretty good deal.

you got that right!

it's almost too drinkable! very butterscotchy; no hinting at it! not a bad thing...(just no challenge or subtle nuances).

how does it compare to the barrel select?

[dcb]

I was given a bottle of this a few days ago in return for a favor I did for a friend. Never had it before, but I tried it and agree that it's very smooth, but not too much going on. To me the JD flavor is still there, I could have pegged it as JD in a blind test I bet, but it's mellowed to a much more drinkable (ok, very drinkable) state than regular black label JD. I also agree that it would be better at a higher proof. Does anyone know how many years they age GJ?