Tasting Notes

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Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Tasters’ Selection: Smoked Hickory Finish

Country: USA

Region: Tennessee

Type: Tennessee Whiskey

Bottler: Distiller

ABV: 50%

Score: 89 Points

Jack Daniel's Tennessee Tasters' Selection: Smoked Hickory Finish. Image courtesy Jack Daniel's/Brown-Forman.The Tennessee Tasters’ Selection is a limited-edition series of experimental whiskies selected by the Master Tasters at Jack Daniel’s that are only available at the distillery and a handful of Tennessee retailers. Marsha Hale selected a batch of barrels to be finished with charred hickory staves that give the whiskey a barbecue-like character.

The nose is sweet with touches of barbecue sauce, honey, butterscotch, and just a hint of allspice. The taste is sweet and spicy with tangy barbecue sauce, black pepper, allspice and honey notes, while the finish is long and spicy. (January, 2019)