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A Trip to Mr. Jack's Place
Friday I had the pleasure of being the "host" on one of 4 buses of visiting Shriners to take a tour of the Jack Daniels Distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee. BTW, if you weren't aware, Lynchburg is in a "dry" County!
We started our tour at the Rick House where the make the charcoal from Maple to mellow the whiskey. You can see the ricks of maple in the second picture before they burn it into charcoal:
A bit down the hill we viewed a bit of nostalgia as we passed the original Fire House:
Then we got to view the famous "spring" that provides the water filtered through natural limestone to give Jack that great taste. BTW...I haven't had a sip of Jack, or anything else since 1990. The second pic shows a lifesize statue of Mr. Jack in front of his sprong:
Here's a pic of the fermenting tanks:
And now the filtering of the whiskey through the charcoal. The tour guide "fanned" the lid on this vat be shaking the lid so that we all got a whiff of 140 proof whiskey passing through. I gad to stay to make sure the other groups all made it safely past this stop.
Here's the room where they bottle single barrels. Single Barrel Jack Daniels is a single barrell chosen by the tasters and then approved by the Master Distiller to be bottled based on it's taste and superior quality. If you'd wish to purchase a barrel, they'll select one for you, bottle it all for you in distinct labels and it'll only cost you between $7000 and $12,000.
After the tour we went into the Welcome Center where you could buy Commemorative Bottles and have a glass of lemonade (regular lemonade!). While there, I managed to get a pic of someone who kinda favored me:
After the tour they took our group to a piece of their property just beyond the county line to serve up some Jack Daniels and some of the absolutely best barbecue you'll ever put in your mouth! The first pic is of the shelter where they took us, the second is sunset over Moore County with one of 76 barrel houses they have there, and the third is part of the group sippin' Jack and enjoying the susnset:
Needless to say, it was an interesting and fun day for all!
Friday I had the pleasure of being the "host" on one of 4 buses of visiting Shriners to take a tour of the Jack Daniels Distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee. BTW, if you weren't aware, Lynchburg is in a "dry" County!
We started our tour at the Rick House where the make the charcoal from Maple to mellow the whiskey. You can see the ricks of maple in the second picture before they burn it into charcoal:
A bit down the hill we viewed a bit of nostalgia as we passed the original Fire House:
Then we got to view the famous "spring" that provides the water filtered through natural limestone to give Jack that great taste. BTW...I haven't had a sip of Jack, or anything else since 1990. The second pic shows a lifesize statue of Mr. Jack in front of his sprong:
Here's a pic of the fermenting tanks:
And now the filtering of the whiskey through the charcoal. The tour guide "fanned" the lid on this vat be shaking the lid so that we all got a whiff of 140 proof whiskey passing through. I gad to stay to make sure the other groups all made it safely past this stop.
Here's the room where they bottle single barrels. Single Barrel Jack Daniels is a single barrell chosen by the tasters and then approved by the Master Distiller to be bottled based on it's taste and superior quality. If you'd wish to purchase a barrel, they'll select one for you, bottle it all for you in distinct labels and it'll only cost you between $7000 and $12,000.
After the tour we went into the Welcome Center where you could buy Commemorative Bottles and have a glass of lemonade (regular lemonade!). While there, I managed to get a pic of someone who kinda favored me:
After the tour they took our group to a piece of their property just beyond the county line to serve up some Jack Daniels and some of the absolutely best barbecue you'll ever put in your mouth! The first pic is of the shelter where they took us, the second is sunset over Moore County with one of 76 barrel houses they have there, and the third is part of the group sippin' Jack and enjoying the susnset:
Needless to say, it was an interesting and fun day for all!
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, we couldnt drink it fast enough so he stopped bringing it. (were not big drinkers here.)
