Jack Daniels Unaged Rye

[squire]

Tom I should think that cost would be covered by your R&D budget.

[T Comp]

On sale at a place near me for $39. I can wait till the gazebo :grin:.

[tmckenzie]

That's interesting Tom because it suggests relatively little effect from the maple charcoal leaching.

Gary

I got to check the bottle to see if it mentions charcoal. If I had to bet, rgardless f what it says, it is not. But I have never had and pre filtered jd white dog.

[tmckenzie]

the bottle does not claim charcoal was used.

[tanstaafl2]

It doesn't taste like it has been charcoal filtered to me. I will try to remember to bring it to the GBS affair this weekend and see what the goat and other members think!

[cowdery]

the bottle does not claim charcoal was used.

[squire]

Chuck does this mean we're getting a taste of what the mellowing process adds to the whisky prior to bottling? I realize the standard JD mashbill is different.

[Gillman]

By the way I've tasted the pre- and post-filtering white spirit for Jack Daniels Black Label. There is a difference, but it wasn't marked, IMO.

Gary

[squire]

That's what I've heard Gary but it's not something I've done myself.

[VAGentleman]

I've tried pre and post Black label also (cut down to 86 proof) and it definitely smooths out some of the roughness. Also a tiny hint of charcoal but just barely noticeable

[smokinjoe]

Tried some from the bottle that Bruce brought to the GBS meet-up last night. Everything else aside, it' sweet and extremely easy drinking. Outside of the novelty, I probably would not lay down the nearly $50 that it commands here. But, I wouldn't turn down a pour, if offered to me. It does drink well.

[tmckenzie]

Amazing, talked to a store in Rochester yesterday. They have sold like 50 cases, and there was on bottle on the shelf. And were told there was no more to be had.

[cowdery]

That's brand magic at work.

[squire]

The guys in the B-F boardroom are laughing so hard they can't endorse their bonus checks.

[HighInTheMtns]

I saw this for the first time today, in a Utah state store. $50. Directly next to it was another rye that I've not seen in Utah before - Ritt BIB. $20. That shelving arrangement really lays bare what a ripoff the JD rye is.

[squire]

I trust you grabbed the Ritt.

[HighInTheMtns]

I trust you grabbed the Ritt.

[squire]

Who knows, you might have done some die hard JD fan a favor.

[SWC]

With Washington state taxes, close to 65 bucks for a bottle.

My interest went from "would really like to try" to "not even with a gun to my head would I buy that but who cares JD will laugh all the way to the bank."

[cowdery]

Binny's is smart. They put the Daniel's, at $49.99, right next to the Jacob's Ghost, at $19.99. And unless you're just crazy for rye whiskey white dog, the Jacob's Ghost tastes better too.