Jack Daniel’s
Founded:1866Location : Lynchburg , TennesseeOwner : Brown - Forman CorporationWidely Available?Yes
The story of Jasper Newton “ Jack ” Daniel is a recollective one , filled with high school and lows . Daniel was one of 13 kid fathered by Calaway Daniel , and his female parent died when he was about seven year old . His sire remarried a womanhood Daniel get to abhor , so he ran aside from family at an former age . Dan Call , a local sermonizer and moonshine distiller , took the young boy in and taught him all about make proper whisky . In 1875 , armed with his make pure noesis and an inheritance from his don ’s estate , Daniel founded a lawfully register distilling business with Call , who would later cease for religious reasons . To trademark his Tennessee whiskey , he used a square bottleful to reflect paleness and integrity and labeled it “ Old No . 7 , ” the number assigned to his still for government registration .
Old No . 7 grew in popularity after receiving the gold medallion for fine whiskey at the 1904 St. Louis World ’s Fair . But as commercial enterprise thunder , Daniel started experiencing wellness problems in 1907 , so he passed the still on to two of his nephew . In 1910 , Tennessee passed a statewide prohibition natural law , barring distillate within the country , so the company relocate surgical operation to St. Louis and Birmingham , Alabama . But with the move came a low - timber whisky , and no product from either facility ever sell . The Tennessee distillery did n’t restore operation until 1938 , when Daniel ’s nephew Lemuel “ Lem ” Motlow , owner of the distillery and now a state senator , would vacate the local law . Jack Daniel ’s persist the oldest registered still in the United States and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 .
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Trivia : Though no one get laid exactly when Jack Daniel was bear because there are no parturition record , his natal day is celebrated in September .
Another fun fact : Jack Daniel ’s home county — Moore — is a wry one ; the product is n’t useable for purchase or consumption in stores and eating place within county limits .
In Pop Culture : Frank Sinatra , a devoted fan of Jack Daniel ’s , was buried with a bottle of Old No . 7 when he died in 1998 . In the fad classic filmAnimal House , John “ Bluto ” Blutarsky chug an entire nursing bottle of Old No . 7 .
At the Bar : On the rocks , Jack and Coke , Lynchburg Lemonade ( 1 part Jack Daniel ’s , 1 part ternary sec , 1 part sour mix , 4 parts lemon - linden soda ash ) and The Three Wisemen ( 1 oz . malt whisky whiskey , 1 oz . Tennessee whiskey , 1 oz . Kentucky Bourbon dynasty whisky )
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