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• History of distillery
  • Jasper Newton Daniels founds Jack daniels in 1866
  • Learns how to make whiskey from a preacher who took him in and his slave
    • Rev Dan Call and the slave in Nathan “nearest” green
  • Distillery founded near Cave spring hollow
    • Water from an underground spring with little to no impurities
      • Limestone is so important for whiskey making because limestone counters the Iron in water, removing it.
    • Jack passes in 1906, after he gets mad he cant open his safe and kicks it. This breaks his toe, which got infected.
    • Left to Lem Motlow, his nephew, who continues with his brother Jess Motlow, who becomes Master Distiller
    • Prohabition hits and they close up shop
    • After prohibition they open back up after supply chains clean up
    • Close again in 1944 to help with the war effort
    • 1947- Sinatra is introduced to jack daniels by jackie gleason
    • 1956- Brown Forman according uired Jack daniels, no changes to production
    • 1997- first bottles of single barrel select
    • 2014- opens their own cooperage
    • 2015- first new mashbill, introducing single barrel rye
  • Jeff Arnett was Master distiller from 08-20
  • Chris Fletcher is master distiller 2020-
    • Grandson of past Master distiller Frank Bobo (1966-1989)
• The juice
  • Charcoal Mellowed
    • Pouring unaged 140 proof whiskey into a charcoal vat, letting gravity take it through
    • Takes 3-5 days
    • Jack meets all qualifications of Bouron, then adds charcoal Mellowing
    • Company: Brown-Forman
    • Age: NAS (Aged at least 4 years per TTB regulations)
    • Mashbill: 70% Rye, 18% Corn, 12% Malted Barley
    • MSRP: $60 (2023)

SINATRA EDITION NOTES

• He took his Jack: 2 fingers with 3 rocks and a splash of water
• Jack in the 50s would have been oakyer and darker with more wood notes
• For this edition, they carved grooves into the barrel, adding more wood area, and let the grooved pieces stay in the barrel so it adds even more wood flavor

Sour Vs Sweet mash

• Very basically, Sour mash, think sour bread. You use mash from the previous set to “start” your next set.
• Sweet Mash has no starter. Every batch is its own batch, with nothing added to adjust the PH (which is the purpose of the starter in sour mash)
• Sweet mash is harder but more controllable because you start fresh every time, but you run the risk of bacteria.
• Sour mash is easier and safer, because it corrects the PH to help drive out bacteria.
• Wilderness Trail is a big sweet mash producer, but most people go with Sour mash
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of our listeners! We drink a few bourbon creams and talk about our plans and traditions for this time of year!

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• History of distillery
• John E Fitzgerald
  • Worked as a treasury agent guarding the bonded warehouses
  • With access to great bottles, he would sneak in at night and steal sips of whiskey from the barrels.
  • When it came time to bottle, some barrels were lighter than others and some thought them to be good barrels
    • These became known as fitzgerald barrels, and later bottled and sold as old fitzgerald bottled in bond
• Truth in story
  • It is said that fitz had a private still that he sold only to select people
    • In a later biography we learn he never distilled himself, but his work as a treasury agent has been proved
• Heaven hill
  • Heaven hill acquired old fitz in 1999
  • They released larceny in 2012
    • Named after the act that made John Fitzgerald famous
• History of heaven hill Distillery
  • 1934-The 5 Shapira Brothers were approached by Joseph L Beam and other investors to start a distillery
    • Joseph Beam was the first master distiller, and all master distillers since have been members of the beam family
  • 12/13/1935, first barrels began to be filled, Bourbon Falls is the first brand
  • 1996, Massive fire destroys the still and 90,000 barrels. At one time the creek that supplied the water was on fire for 2 miles
  • Until 1999 brown-forman and jim beam let them use their facilities
  • In 1999 heaven hill purchased the Bernheim distillery and could start production again
• The name heaven hill
  • Named after the former owner of the distillery site, William Heavenhill
    • Legend is he was born in 1783 under a waterfall during an indian attack
• The bottle
  • 6 years old
  • 68% corn, 20% wheat, 12% malted barley

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We went to Name Brandt Distillery in Middletown, Ohio to interview Peter and Paul Brandt! Check them out Here!

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We are re-releasing our Halloween episode from a few years back; enjoy!

Happy Halloween! On today's episode we have a glass of Rittenhouse rye! We talk about Rittenhouse rye and its namesake while sharing stories of conspiracy, history, and ghosts! All that and more on today's episode of Whiskey Chasers!

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Be sure to show some love for the company that brought you today's bottle!

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