Jack Daniel's and Gentleman Jack

Jack Daniel’s Distillery is located in Moore County, Tennessee. But Moore County is a ”dry” county, which means that alcohol is illegal to sell retail. You can make it there and you can drink it there, but you cannot buy it.

The legend of Daniel’s passing has been challenged by recent biographers, but as it goes, Lem Motlow maintained the distillery’s books and kept them locked up in a safe. Jack arrived early to work and needed to access the safe. In a fit of frustration of not remembering the safe’s combination, Jack gave it a swift kick and broke his big toe. Infection slowly moved its way up his leg, eventually killing him six years later on October 10, 1911. Ironically, a splash of his own product would have saved him. Before he died, he passed the distillery on to Motlow and another nephew

Interesting...

Nearly 100 million bottles of the core “black label” bottles of Jack Daniel’s are produced and sold each year, with millions more sold across their range of products. Even though their Whiskey meets the legal definition of Bourbon, they adhere to the more stringent requirements.

They call themselves a “Tennessee” Whiskey and follow the so-called “Lincoln County Process” which includes filtering the finished distillate through sugar-maple charcoal prior to aging. 

“Old No. 7” appears on every bottle of Jack Daniel’s Whiskey and refers to his original federal distiller’s registration number — “No. 7.” But when the government redistricted the area, they assigned him a new one — “No. 16.” Jack liked the old number, so he used “Old No. 7” to differentiate from the “New No. 7.”

Frank Sinatra was introduced to Jack Daniel’s by Jackie Gleeson, when Frank was looking for a “man’s drink.” He called it “The nectar of the Gods Baby” and is still closely associated with the brand to this day.