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Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Barrel Proof Rye
- Age
- No age statement
- ABV
- 67%
- Introduced
- 2023
Tasting
How it drinks
- Sight
- Deep amber with copper-red highlights; thick legs from cask strength. The rye mash bill creates a slightly different hue than the corn-dominant expressions
- Nose
- Signature JD banana note upfront — banana nut muffin fresh from the oven. Caramel, whipped cream, cherry, rye spice, savory tobacco, herbs, milk chocolate, maple charcoal, and cinnamon. Proofs range 125-145
- Palate
- Very sweet and intensely spicy neat. Rye spice dominates with deeply caramelized sugars, milk chocolate, cinnamon, and that classic JD banana character. Water tames the heat without eliminating sweetness or spice. Bold and powerful
- Finish
- Long, spicy finish with lingering rye grain, pepper, caramel, and charcoal. The cask strength rye delivers the most intense and persistent finish in the JD core lineup
Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.
Maturation
The wood it came through
- New American white oak barrels
- charcoal mellowed
- single barrel rye
- cask strength. Mash bill: 70% rye
- 18% corn
- 12% malted barley
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