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Jack Daniel's is a Tennessee whiskey distillery and brand known for its square bottles and black label. Jack Daniel's is consumed in shots, neat, on the rocks, in mixed drinks (especially "Jack and Coke"), and as an ingredient in several cocktails.^[1]^[2] It has been prominently featured in movies, songs, and even novels, and is strongly linked to rock and roll, American biker culture, country music, and macho myths.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] The company, based in Lynchburg, Tennessee, has been owned by the Brown-Forman beverage company since 1957. Image File history File links Mergefrom. ... The distinctive bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey is familiar around the world. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 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History

Early

According to the Jack Daniel's web site, founder Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel was born in September 1850, although seemingly no one knows the exact date because the birth records were destroyed in a courthouse fire. If the 1850 date is correct, he may have become a licensed distiller at the age of 16, as the distillery claims a founding date of 1866. Other records list his birthdate as September 5, 1846, and in his 2004 biography Blood & Whiskey: The Life and Times of Jack Daniel author Peter Krass maintains that land and deed records show the distillery was actually not founded until 1875. Daniel was one of thirteen children, of Welsh and Scottish descent. Image File history File links Jack_Daniels. ... Image File history File links Jack_Daniels. ... Founder Jack Daniel. ... is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... For other uses, see Author (disambiguation). ... The Welsh are, according to Hastings (1997), an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language, which is a Celtic language. ... This article is about the Scottish as an ethnic group. ...

Because Jack Daniel never married and he did not have any children, he took his favorite nephew, Lem Motlow, under his wing. Lem had a head for numbers and was soon doing all of the distillery's bookkeeping. In 1907, due to failing health, Jack Daniel gave the distillery to his nephew. Jack later died from blood poisoning from an infection in 1911. Blood poisoning, also known as septicaemia, is a bacterial infection that occurs when bacteria get into the bloodstream and multiply rapidly. ...

The infection allegedly began in one of his toes, which Daniel injured early one morning at work by kicking his safe in anger when he could not get it open (he was said to always have had trouble remembering the combination).^[8] This incident was the subject of a marketing poster used on the London Underground in January 2006, with the line "Moral: Never go to work early." Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (787x1050, 731 KB) Summary Statue of Jack Daniel at the Jack Daniels Distillery, Lynchburg, Tennessee, in November 2004. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (787x1050, 731 KB) Summary Statue of Jack Daniel at the Jack Daniels Distillery, Lynchburg, Tennessee, in November 2004. ... The London Underground is an underground railway system - also known as a rapid transit system - that serves a large part of Greater London, United Kingdom and some neighbouring areas. ...

When the company was later incorporated, it was incorporated as "Jack Daniel Distillery, Lem Motlow, Prop., Inc." This has allowed the company to continue to include Lem Motlow, who died in 1947, in their marketing, as mentioning him in the advertising is technically just citing the full corporate name. Likewise, the advertisements continue to say that Lynchburg has only 361 people, while the current (2000 census) population is actually 5,740. This is allowable because the entire label was trademarked in the early 1960s when this figure was the actual population cited by the Census Bureau; changing the label would require applying for a new trademark or forfeiting trademark protection. However, the 361 figure is also used on their website, which has nothing to do with the old label trademark issue. It should be noted, however, that the census designation definition of the city of Lynchburg is the entire area of Moore County, as the county and city governments are consolidated; the actual built area of Lynchburg may still have a small population. Interestingly enough, Moore County, where the Jack Daniel's distillery is located, is one of the state's many dry counties. Therefore, while it is legal to distill the product within the county, it is illegal to purchase it there. However, a state law has provided one exception: a distillery may sell one commemorative product, regardless of county statutes.^[9] Jack Daniel's now sells Gentleman Jack and Jack Daniel's Single Barrel at the distillery's White Rabbit Bottle Shop. // Advert redirects here. ... Image:1870 census Lindauer Weber 01. ... â€œ(TM)â€ redirects here. ... The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... Moore County is a county located in the state of Tennessee. ... A dry county is a county in the United States whose government forbids the sale of alcoholic beverages. ...

Tennessee ("sour mash") whiskey is similar to bourbon but is different in that it is filtered through sugar maple charcoal in large wooden vats prior to aging.^[10] Tennessee whiskey is also not subject to the regulations relating to bourbons (these regulations cover the use of new barrels and low level of distilling proof).^[11] Mashing is a stage in the brewing process where grains are steeped in water at specific temperatures, to facilitate enzyme activity and starch conversion. ... Binomial name Acer saccharum Marshall The Sugar Maple Acer saccharum is a prominent tree in the hardwood forests of eastern North America. ... Charcoal is the blackish residue consisting of impure carbon obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents from animal and vegetation substances. ...

According to their web site, Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey is made using pure cave spring water from a hollow next to the distillery. This is generally believed to be the reason the distillery location was originally chosen and why it is still there today.^[12] A spring is a point where groundwater flows out of the ground, and is thus where the aquifer surface meets the ground surface. ...

21st century

In October 2004 it was announced that all generally-available Jack Daniel's products would thenceforth be bottled at 80 U.S. proof (40% alcohol by volume), which is the highest proof allowed in some US jurisdictions; this also simplified the production process. (This reduction in alcohol content was condemned by Modern Drunkard Magazine). Previously, the famous black-label brand (the better-quality, higher-priced product) had been 86 proof, where legal, while the lower-end green label was 80 proof; these marked reductions from the previous practice of bottling the black-label product at 90 proof and the green-label product at 86. Both are made from the same ingredients; the difference is determined by professional tasters who determine which of the batches will be graded out as worthy of being labelled with the prestigious black label, the rest being sold under the green label. Whiskey barrels in the Jack Daniels destillery, Lynchburg, Tennessee. ... Whiskey barrels in the Jack Daniels destillery, Lynchburg, Tennessee. ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... Alcoholic proof is a measure of how much ethanol is in an alcoholic beverage, and is approximately twice the percentage of alcohol by volume (ABV, the unit that is commonly used presently). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Cover of the May 2003 issue of Modern Drunkard Magazine. ...

In later years, a third product, "Gentleman Jack", was created. It has been bottled at 80 proof since its inception. This premium product is produced in the same manner as other Tennessee whiskey except that after aging and prior to bottling it is once again subjected to the Lincoln County Process (charcoal-filtering). A 94 proof "Single Barrel" product, available in some markets, has been sold in commemorative bottles at the distillery. Tennessee whiskey is a type of American whiskey. ... The Lincoln County Process is a process used in making Tennessee whiskies such as Jack Daniels and George Dickel. ...

The distillery at 280 Lynchburg Highway is part of the American Whiskey Trail. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 14, 1972. In 2005, Jack Daniel's shipped 7.5 million cases. The company is experiencing a 15-20% growth and anticipates shipping 10 million cases by 2009. The American Whiskey Trail[1] is a cultural heritage and tourism initiative of the Distilled Spirits Council in cooperation with historic Mount Vernon. ... A typical plaque showing entry on the National Register of Historic Places. ...

Brand loyalty is strong with the label. Along with an assortment of other items, a flask of Jack Daniel's is buried with singer Frank Sinatra, whose preference for Jack Daniel's in the 1950s and 1960s helped give the product a very high profile in America. Lynyrd Skynyrd use the bottle logo design for some of their T-shirts. They were also well known drinkers of Jack before concerts. Brand loyalty has been proclaimed by some to be the ultimate goal of marketing. ... Sinatra redirects here. ... Lynyrd Skynyrd (pronounced lÄ•h-nÃ©rd skin-nÃ©rd) (pronounced ) is an iconic U.S. Southern rock band. ...

In 2006, Jack Daniel's sponsored the team Jack Daniel's Racing in the Australian V8 Supercar series. Also in 2006, Jack Daniel's sponsored the number 07 car (numbered after the "Old No. 7") in NASCAR, driven by Clint Bowyer for Richard Childress Racing. V8 Supercars is a touring car racing category. ... Jeff Burton (99), Elliott Sadler (38), Ricky Rudd (21), Dale Jarrett (88), Sterling Marlin (40), Jimmie Johnson (48), and Casey Mears (41) practice for the 2004 Daytona 500 The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... Clint Bowyer (born May 30, 1979, in Emporia, Kansas) is a NASCAR driver. ... Richard Childress Racing is a NASCAR team fielding Chevrolets for Kevin Harvick (#29 Royal Dutch Shell), Clint Bowyer (#07 Jack Daniels) Jeff Burton (#31 (Cingular Wireless/AT&T), full-time, and Scott Wimmer (#33 Holiday Inn part-time in the Nextel Cup series, as well as the #2 BB...

Product name

According to the Jack Daniel's website, Daniel's reason for naming his whiskey "Old No. 7" remains a mystery, because no one had thought to ask him.^[13]

References

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^ Sherrill, R. A. (2000). Road-book America: Contemporary Culture and the New Picaresque. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
^ Adams, D. R. (2002). Rock 'n' Roll and the Cleveland Connection. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press.
^ Brant, M. (2002). Freebirds: The Lynyrd Skynyrd Story New York: Billboard Books.
^ Freeth, N. (2005). Made in America: from Levis to Barbie to Google. St. Paul, MN: MBI.
^ The Tennessee Legislature passed a 1994 special act for selling commemorative decanters containing Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey on January 2, 1995.
^ Axelrod, A. (2003). The complete idiot's guide to mixing drinks. Indianapolis, IN: Alpha.
^ http://www.wildturkeybourbon.com/faq.asp
^ [1] Nov 16, 2007 Spring Water for Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey
^ http://www.jackdaniels.com/stories.asp

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History

Early

21st century

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