Tennessee Whiskey / Bourbon, Jack Daniels

Jack Daniel, inventor of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey, was unalived by a safe! It all started early one morning when Jack arrived at his office before everyone else. He was trying to get into his safe, which was notoriously difficult to open. After several tries, he kicked it in a rage and went about his day. He broke his toe in the process which lead to an infection of the bone. After several amputations that went all the way up to his hip over 6 years, he eventually passed away. Moral of th

A single bottle of Jack Daniel’s takes roughly 4 years to make. Follow me through the entire process here! We start in the fermentation room where there are large vats full of yeast, corn, rye, and barley. The yeast will eat the sugars in the grains and make ethanol and carbon dioxide gas. Next up, the mash goes through a still where the alcohol is evaporated and then cooled into 140 proof CLEAR WHISKEY. Essentially this is moonshine. From there, every drop is filtered (they call it mellowing) t