Jack Daniel's Distillery Series batch 11 Tennessee whiskey (anejo tequila barrels) review: A sweet, crowd-pleasing take on the flagship Tennessee whiskey, but perhaps not transformed enough by the tequila barrels. whiskey agave tequila bourbon
Experimental barrel finishes are a rather delicate matter, when it comes to the world of bourbon–or in this case, Tennessee whiskey.
What exactly does this imply? Well, this is mature Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey, aged for its typical “at least four years,” given a pretty lengthy secondary maturation of one year and seven months in casks that were used to mature añejo tequila–a term that itself means at least one year of aging in oak, typically reused American whiskey barrels. Presumably, the tequila brand giving up their barrels is one of the few owned by JD owner Brown-Forman, such as Herradura or El Jimador.
On the nose, this entry in the Distillery Series should feel pretty familiar to Jack Daniel’s drinkers–I’m getting caramel and roasted banana, with moderate oak and pleasant orange zest. Some grassy rye and faint pepper are sneaking in as well, but by far the most prominent note on the nose is that sweet caramel, and traces of darker fruit like maraschino cherry syrup. It does not in any sense scream “tequila” on the nose.
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