However there’s much more occurring, and far of it’s packed into that aforementioned density: bitter cocoa, enormous allspice aroma, rickhouse and freshly dumped barrels. A glass of this might open up frequently and reveal itself additional simply for an hour.
BOTTLE DETAILS
- DISTILLER: Jack Daniel Distillery
- MASH BILL: 80% Corn | 8% Rye | 12% Malted Barley
- AGE: 10 years, 11 months
- YEAR: 2024
- PROOF: 134.7 (67.35% ABV)
- MSRP: $79.99
- BUY ONLINE: Obtainable nationwide
STEVE’S NOTES
SHARE WITH: American whiskey followers who get pleasure from excessive proof, and any whiskey fan who’s by no means had barrel power Jack Daniel’s.
WORTH THE PRICE: Completely.
BOTTLE, BAR OR BUST: Bottle if yow will discover it. Bar should you see it.
OVERALL: Chris Fletcher, Jack Daniel’s eighth grasp distiller, led a Zoom press name to debate this coveted annual launch. As a local of Lynchburg, Tenn., Fletcher is doubly certain to Jack Daniel Distillery by his grandfather, Frank Bobo, the model’s fifth grasp distiller from 1966 to 1988. Being near his grandfather meant he noticed the distillery in and out as youngster and performed close to the now-famous rickhouses at Coy Hill, the very best level on the distillery campus’s hilly perimeter. It is enjoyable to take heed to somebody so carefully linked to the merchandise he makes.
Whereas not the liver-shaking 150 proof launch of two years in the past, this yr’s launch nonetheless jabs the palate onerous at 137.5 proof–however not so sharply that you simply should not drink it straight. It is scrumptious in small sips, however these small sips, if not spaced out, can add as much as some gathered heat down the gullet and a few distinct tingling throughout the tongue.
As we tasted together with Fletcher, he described the whiskey as “dense” a number of instances. He additionally discovered “cherry, onerous ribbon sweet,” and “not the same old recent fruit profile of Jack Daniel’s.” Agreed, largely.
However there’s much more occurring, and far of it’s packed into that aforementioned density: bitter cocoa, enormous allspice aroma, rickhouse and freshly dumped barrels. A glass of this might open up frequently and reveal itself additional simply for an hour. Amongst Fletcher’s point out of density is previous dried flowers, bitter walnuts, cinnamon purple hots, fragrant bitters and darkish soda bread. Are you getting the concept that this whiskey–aged on the excessive and scorching fifth and sixth flooring at Coy Hill–is wound tighter than a well-made cigar?
I am not huge on overly dry finishes, which is one more reason to love this one. At nearly 11 years previous, any whiskey made in southern America dangers being blanketed beneath oak notes. This one has escaped that destiny, and instead of dryness is bottomless, chocolatey, leathery espresso-laden depth.
For those who like meals with whiskey, hold some fatty stuff helpful: wealthy milk chocolate or caramel enrobed in chocolate, dry-cured ham, well-marbled steak or pulled pork shoulder. This banger of a Tennessee whiskey will waltz with any of these palate companions you select.
BRAND NOTES
Jack Daniel’s Coy Hill Barrelhouse 8 begins with Jack Daniel’s conventional Tennessee Whiskey mash invoice of 80% corn, 12% malted barley, and eight% rye. After distillation, the whiskey was charcoal mellowed and entered into new, charred American white oak barrels in September of 2013 to mature on the fifth and sixth flooring of Coy Hill Barrelhouse 8. After maturation on the distillery’s highest elevations, this expression was bottled at barrel power with proofs starting from 122 to 137.5.
Coy Hill Barrelhouse 8 options Jack Daniel’s signature notes of caramel and vanilla alongside hints of candied fruit, wealthy toffee and molasses. Aromas of baking spices, cinnamon and clove pair with a balanced end of charred oak and darkish brown sugar.
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