Single Barrel Barrel Proof from Jack Daniel’s

The Jack Daniel Distillery has released Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Barrel Proof – the brand’s first barrel strength offering within its Single Barrel Collection. It will hit shelves in August and will be available across the US at a RRP of US$65.00 per 750ml bottle. 

Barrel Proof, ranging from 125 to 140 proof, is the Jack Daniel Distillery’s second offering in the Single Barrel Collection, which includes Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select. Select is a 94-proof single barrel Tennessee Whiskey with a robust, full-bodied flavour complemented by Jack Daniel’s smooth charcoal-mellowed character. Together, Select and Barrel Proof combine to create a fine collection of single barrel Tennessee whiskey. The collection uses Jack Daniel’s unique charcoal-mellowing process – helping to provide the signature depth of aroma and complex flavour.  

“As master distiller at Jack Daniel's, I get the privilege of travelling to the top floors of our barrelhouses in Lynchburg and hand drilling individual barrels. This provides me the rare opportunity to taste Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey in its purest form; unfiltered and uncut,” says Jeff Arnett, Jack Daniel’s master distiller. “I'm always amazed at the intensity of the aromas and the deep amber colors, and yet at the same time, the exceptional smoothness of the whiskey at this higher proof point. After years of thinking about and discussing a barrel proof offering from Jack Daniel's, we believe that now is the perfect time to make this available to all of our friends around the world. I'm confident that everyone will be as impressed as I was the first time I tasted this unique form of Single Barrel whiskey.” 

21 July 2015 - Felicity Murray The Drinks Report, editor