Jack Daniels Unaged Rye Review

Jack daniel s master distiller jeff arnett explains we hope they ll remember that as good as this new offering is it s still just a taste of what s to come.

Jack daniels unaged rye review. Jd didn t call up mgp for rye stock to bottle. Five long years in the making i have to give credit to jack daniel s for being ultimately transparent with the creation of jack daniel s tennessee straight rye. In jack daniel s case though this single barrel rye is one of the more interesting and unique ryes especially for how young it is. Best unaged rye whiskey we have ever had.

Jack daniel s unaged rye launched in 2012 then rested rye which i got to review. Jack daniel s single barrel rye is the third rye product the company has released in four years and it s clear with each release that this line is showing more and more potential. Despite more collectible bottles than almost anyone can remember or catalog easily and a very few variations such as the gentleman jack and the jack daniels single. Jack daniel s unaged rye is scheduled to be available in december at select retail outlets throughout tennessee including the white rabbit bottle shop at the jack daniel s visitor center in lynchburg tenn.

And last year they released jack daniel s single barrel rye. It was decent but pretty young and cherry cola like. And more surprising still this new release is an unaged rye apparently jd s is interested in bringing a rye whiskey to market so they ve tinkered with a new mashbill for the first time since prohibition using 70 percent rye 18 percent corn and 12 percent malted barley to create a jack daniel s rye we ll see sometime down the line. According to the company the whiskey uses the same cave spring water from the jack daniel s hollow and proprietary yeast that s been used in the distillery s 150 year old tennessee whiskey recipe.

They started with unaged rye in 2012 rested rye in 2014 and single barrel rye in 2016. The significance of this can not be understated this is the first new mashbill from jack daniel s in over 100 years. Old no 7 which has been the dominant tennessee whiskey and a huge international player for years. The new jack daniel s unaged rye has a considerable amount of rye in it with a mashbill consisting of 70 percent rye 18 percent corn and 12 percent malted barley.

As with the jack daniel s unaged rye release rested tennessee rye is a limited edition release clearly aimed at jack daniel s fans who want to sample the work in progress whiskey. It was decent but pretty young and cherry cola like. Tennessee rye is the company s fourth rye release. That aside how can you get it.

Jack daniel s tennessee rye was released in september of 2017 and is the further evolution of their rye products which stem from the first new mashbill they ve distilled in over 150 years. In 2012 a sampling was released of unaged white dog.