Mike with Jack. All his product is still made in Lynchburg. What a carefully produced bourbon it is. Just a sampling: they produce their own charcoal from hard maples, pack it ten feet deep and let the liquor removed from the mash drip through. That takes four days. Then it ends up in special barrels they create and it sits there for at least four years. And if it needs eight or nine years to reach peak, that's how long it stays in the barrels. Jack is to scale, all 5'2" of him. Who says good things don't come in small packages? For sure not me.
The cave spring where the water they use is filtered through limestone. There's so much more to the whole operation. I just touched on a few points. Jack Daniels is the largest selling bourbon in the world. When I get back, I'm going to remind myself what JD Black or Old Number 7 tastes like.
The tour is free and the visitor's center is really nice.
For you trivia-history-mystery buffs: Notice the blackened trees and concrete and pipes? Whether you make high quality bourbon or moonshine, a black mold grows within 200 yards of the operation. That's how them there gov'ment rev-oh-newers caught a lot of the good old boys with their copper stills and kick-a-poo juice.
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